CVE-2008-4397
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 80.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 80.5% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4378)
- Published
- October 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4378 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- broadcom / arcserve backup
- broadcom / business protection suite
- broadcom / server protection suite
- ca / arcserve backup
- ca / arcserve backup
- ca / business protection suite
- ca / business protection suite
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32220(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4412
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497218
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497281/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31684
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021032
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2777
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45774
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=188143(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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