CVE-2007-1785

Exp

The RPC service in mediasvr.exe in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5 SP2 build 4237 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted xdr_handle_t data in RPC packets, which is used in calculating an address for a function call, as demonstrated using the 191 (0xbf) RPC request.

Published: 2007-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1785 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 53.63%, 98th 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.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-1785

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3604 exploit_db edb 2007-03-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1785

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 2026-03-03 53.06% 53.63% +0.57%
2 2026-02-20 53.45% 53.06% -0.39%
3 2026-01-11 53.45%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1785

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1785

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1785

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 9.01 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom brightstor_arcserve_backup 11.5 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca brightstor_arcserve_backup 11 cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1785

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