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CVE-2012-2972
The (1) server and (2) agent components in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows do not properly validate RPC requests, which…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- certcc
Description
The (1) server and (2) agent components in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows do not properly validate RPC requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20130114 Updated - CA20121018-01: Security Notice for CA ARCserve Backup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- arcserve-backup-rpc-dos(79477) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 86415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#408099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 51012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7BF9EEA31E-8089-423E-B746-41B5C9DD2AC1%7D (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119543/Security-Notice-For-CA-ARCserve-Backup.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- 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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