CVE-2008-4397

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the RPC interface (asdbapi.dll) in CA ARCserve Backup (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup) r11.1 through r12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .. (dot dot) in an RPC call with opnum 0x10A.

Published: 2008-10-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4397 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 85.82%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.07% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4397

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16404 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4397

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 2025-03-30 83.75% 85.82% +2.07%
2 2025-03-29 85.82% 83.75% -2.07%
3 2025-03-17 — 85.82% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4397

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-2008-4397

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4397

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom arcserve_backup r12.0 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:arcserve_backup:r12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom business_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:business_protection_suite:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
broadcom server_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:server_protection_suite:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca arcserve_backup r11.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:arcserve_backup:r11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca arcserve_backup r11.5 cpe:2.3:a:ca:arcserve_backup:r11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca business_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:ca:business_protection_suite:r2:*:microsoft_small_business_server_premium:*:*:*:*:*
ca business_protection_suite r2 cpe:2.3:a:ca:business_protection_suite:r2:*:microsoft_small_business_server_standard:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4397

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