CVE-2006-4902
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
The NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0 before 5.0_MP7, 5.1 before 5.1_MP6, and 6.0 before 6.0_MP4 does not properly check for chained commands, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by appending malicious commands to valid commands.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4889)
- Published
- December 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4889 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / veritas netbackup client
- symantec / veritas netbackup client
- symantec / veritas netbackup client
- symantec / veritas netbackup enterprise server
- symantec / veritas netbackup enterprise server
- symantec / veritas netbackup enterprise server
- symantec / veritas netbackup server
- symantec / veritas netbackup server
- symantec / veritas netbackup server
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23368(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017379(Patch)
- http://www.iss.net/threats/247.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/252936(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21565(Patch)
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.12.13a.html(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4999
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27638
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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