CVE-2006-6076
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 72.3%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) in CA (formerly Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to TCP port 6502.
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
- 72.3% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6059)
- Published
- November 24, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6059 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- broadcom / brightstor arcserve backup
- broadcom / brightstor arcserve backup
- broadcom / brightstor arcserve backup
- ca / brightstor arcserve backup
- ca / brightstor arcserve backup
- ca / brightstor arcserve backup agent
- ca / brightstor arcserve backup agent
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050808.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050814.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23060(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24512
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017268
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babtapeng-securitynotice.asp
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/437300(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452222/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452318/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456711
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21221
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4654
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=101317
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34817
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30453
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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