CVE-2006-6076

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) in CA (formerly Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to TCP port 6502.

Published: 2006-11-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6076 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 78.87%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-6076

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16407 exploit_db edb 2010-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6076

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 2025-10-27 78.58% 78.87% +0.29%
2 2025-10-08 76.04% 78.58% +2.54%
3 2025-07-13 76.04%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6076

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6076

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6076

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6076: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6076

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6076

Solution: A denial-of-service condition may also result from exploit attempts.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6076

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup <= 11.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca brightstor_arcserve_backup 11 cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ca brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ca brightstor_arcserve_backup_agent 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup_agent:11.0:*:sql:*:*:*:*:*
ca brightstor_arcserve_backup_agent 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup_agent:11.1:*:sql:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6076

URL Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050808.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050814.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23060 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24512
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017268
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babtapeng-securitynotice.asp
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/437300 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452222/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452318/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456711
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21221
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4654
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=101317
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34817
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30453
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