CVE-2007-6016
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PVATLCalendar.PVCalendar.1 ActiveX control in pvcalendar.ocx in the scheduler component in…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 50.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the PVATLCalendar.PVCalendar.1 ActiveX control in pvcalendar.ocx in the scheduler component in the Media Server in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Server (BEWS) 11d 11.0.6235 and 11.0.7170, and 12.0 12.0.1364, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) _DOWText0, (2) _DOWText1, (3) _DOWText2, (4) _DOWText3, (5) _DOWText4, (6) _DOWText5, (7) _DOWText6, (8) _MonthText0, (9) _MonthText1, (10) _MonthText2, (11) _MonthText3, (12) _MonthText4, (13) _MonthText5, (14) _MonthText6, (15) _MonthText7, (16) _MonthText8, (17) _MonthText9, (18) _MonthText10, or (19) _MonthText11 property value when executing the Save method. NOTE: the vendor states "Authenticated user involvement required," but authentication is not needed to attack a client machine that loads this control.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Symantec BackupExec Calendar Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/symantec_backupexec_pvcalendarRank normaldisclosed 28 Feb 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Symantec BackupExec Calendar Control - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16582remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- Symantec BackupExec Calendar Control - 'PVCalendar.ocx' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5205remote, windowspublished 29 Feb 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5205 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By flexera
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 50.4% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 26904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.29.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/308669.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1019524 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.28.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-101/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 5205 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2672 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5986 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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