CVE-2006-1297

Unspecified vulnerability in Veritas Backup Exec for Windows Server Remote Agent 9.1 through 10.1, for Netware Servers and Remote Agent 9.1 and 9.2, and Remote Agent for Linux Servers 10.0 and 10.1 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or unavailability) due to "memory errors."

Published: 2006-03-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1297 is rated Moderate Risk (49.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.17%). EPSS rose +1.46% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1297

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 0.71% 2.17% +1.46%
2 2025-03-17 0.60% 0.71% +0.11%
3 2025-02-23 — 0.60% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1297

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-2006-1297

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1297

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec_veritas backup_exec netware_server_9.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:netware_server_9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec_veritas backup_exec netware_server_9.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:netware_server_9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec_veritas backup_exec_remote_agent netware_server_9.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent:netware_server_9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec_veritas backup_exec_remote_agent netware_server_9.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent:netware_server_9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec_veritas backup_exec_remote_agent unix_linux_server_10.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent:unix_linux_server_10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec_veritas backup_exec_remote_agent windows_server_9.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent:windows_server_9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec_veritas backup_exec_remote_agent windows_server_10.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent:windows_server_10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec_veritas backup_exec_remote_agent windows_server_10.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent:windows_server_10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1297

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