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CVE-2005-0260 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Discovery Service for BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arb…

published 2005-02-10 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0261

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
69.0%
EPSS 69.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Discovery Service for BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long packet to UDP port 41524, which is not properly handled in a recvfrom call.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/brightstor/discovery_udp)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

69.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/brightstor/discovery_udp CA BrightStor Discovery Service Stack Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2004-12-20
  • EDB-16406 CA BrightStor Discovery Service - Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-05-09
  • idefense.com http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=194&type=vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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