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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-2611 EUVD-2005-2612GHSA-gr69-4gpq-65m9

VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Serv…

Published Aug 17, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Server Option 4.5 through 5.1 uses a static password during authentication from the NDMP agent to the server, which allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files with the backup server.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

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