CVE-2006-0306

Exp

The DM Primer (dmprimer.exe) in the DM Deployment Common Component in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Mobile Backup r4.0, BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops & Desktops r11.0, r11.1, r11.1 SP1, Unicenter Remote Control 6.0, 6.0 SP1, CA Desktop Protection Suite r2, CA Server Protection Suite r2, and CA Business Protection Suite r2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or application hang) via a large network packet, which causes a WSAEMESGSIZE error code that is not handled, leading to a thread exit.

Published: 2006-01-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0306 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.48%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-0306

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27101 exploit_db edb 2006-01-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0306

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 2026-06-15 15.63% 12.48% -3.15%
2 2025-06-01 12.89% 15.63% +2.74%
3 2025-03-30 — 12.89% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0306

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0306

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0306

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-0306: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-0306

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0306

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup_laptops_desktops 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup_laptops_desktops:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup_laptops_desktops 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup_laptops_desktops:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup_laptops_desktops 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup_laptops_desktops:11.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_mobile_backup r4.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_mobile_backup:r4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom business_protection_suite 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:business_protection_suite:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom desktop_protection_suite 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:desktop_protection_suite:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom server_protection_suite 2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:server_protection_suite:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom unicenter_remote_control 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unicenter_remote_control:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom unicenter_remote_control 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unicenter_remote_control:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom unicenter_remote_control 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:unicenter_remote_control:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca unicenter_remote_control 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_remote_control:6.0:sp1:*:en:*:*:*:*
ca unicenter_remote_control 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_remote_control:6.0:sp1:*:fr:*:*:*:*
ca unicenter_remote_control 6.0_build_6.0.56.3 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_remote_control:6.0_build_6.0.56.3:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
ca unicenter_remote_control 6.0_build_6.0.74 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_remote_control:6.0_build_6.0.74:*:*:de:*:*:*:*
ca unicenter_remote_control 6.0_build_6.0.74 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_remote_control:6.0_build_6.0.74:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
ca unicenter_remote_control 6.0_build_6.0.74 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_remote_control:6.0_build_6.0.74:*:*:fr:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0306

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