CVE-2005-2535

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Discovery Service in BrightStor ARCserve Backup 9.0 through 11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large packet to TCP port 41523, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0260.

Published: 2005-08-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2535 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.94%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2535

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16408 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
815 exploit_db edb 2005-02-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2535

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-26 79.77% 82.94% +3.17%
2 2025-03-30 78.97% 79.77% +0.80%
3 2025-03-29 78.97%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2535

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2535

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2535

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom arcserve_backup_2000 r16.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:arcserve_backup_2000:r16.5:*:windows:ja:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:7.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.0:*:linux:ja:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.0:*:netware:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.0.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:netware:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:tru64:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup_hp 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup_hp:11.1:*:hp:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.0:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.0:*:hpux:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.0:*:mainframe_linux:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:hp:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:tru64:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2535

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