VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Serv…

published 2005-08-17 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2612

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 87.0%; EPSS 87.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit, Exploit-DB

VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Server Option 4.5 through 5.1 uses a static password during authentication from the NDMP agent to the server, which allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files with the backup server.

Patch / fix

links 4

secunia.com/advisories/16403 advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/378957 advisory
securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.08.12b.html advisory
securitytracker.com/id?1014662 advisory

Timeline

2005-08-11 First public exploit (EDB-1147)
2005-08-17 Published

Exploit prediction

87.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit auxiliary/admin/backupexec/dump Veritas Backup Exec Windows Remote File Access metasploit auxiliary, normal rank
EDB-1147 Veritas Backup Exec (Windows) - Remote File Access (Metasploit) remote, 2005-08-11
securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1014662 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14551 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

secunia.com /advisories/16403
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
kb.cert.org /vuls/id/378957
third-party-advisory, patch, us-government-resource
securityresponse.symantec.com /avcenter/security/Content/2005.08.12b.html
patch, vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id?1014662
vdb-entry, exploit, patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/14551
vdb-entry, exploit
us-cert.gov /cas/techalerts/TA05-224A.html
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
vupen.com /english/advisories/2005/1387
vdb-entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/21793
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2005-2611
NVD CVE-2005-2611

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Summary