CVE-2006-6222

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request with a malformed length prefix.

Affected products

Symantec Veritas Netbackup Client: 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
Symantec Veritas Netbackup Enterprise Server: 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
Symantec Veritas Netbackup Server: 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23368
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2033
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017379
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/607312
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454313/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21565
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.12.13a.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4999
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-049.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30882
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30883
http://secunia.com/advisories/23368

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