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CVE-2005-0496

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-02-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Arkeia Network Backup Client 5.x contains hard-coded credentials that effectively serve as a back door, which allows remote attackers to access the file system and possibly execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Arkeia Network Backup: 5.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110900879826004&w=2
• http://metasploit.com/research/arkeia_agent/
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013256
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20667
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110900879826004&w=2
• http://metasploit.com/research/arkeia_agent/
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013256
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20667

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