CVE-2007-0169

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 9.01 through 11.5, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA Server/Business Protection Suite r2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RPC requests with crafted data for opnums (1) 0x2F and (2) 0x75 in the (a) Message Engine RPC service, or opnum (3) 0xCF in the Tape Engine service.

Published: 2007-01-11 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-0169 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.81%, 99th percentile). 3 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-2007-0169

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16418 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0169

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 77.82% 68.81% -9.01%
2 2025-12-14 77.51% 77.82% +0.31%
3 2025-08-30 — 77.51% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0169

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-2007-0169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup <= 11.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 9.01 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_enterprise_backup 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom business_protection_suite 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:business_protection_suite:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0169

URL Tags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=467
http://osvdb.org/31327
http://secunia.com/advisories/23648 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017506
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babimpsec-notice.asp Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/151032 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180336 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456618/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456619/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456711
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22005
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22006
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0154 Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-003.html Exploit
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-004.html Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31433
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31443
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