CVE-2007-2279

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Scheduler Service (VxSchedService.exe) in Symantec Storage Foundation for Windows 5.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code via certain requests to the service socket that create (1) PreScript or (2) PostScript registry values under Veritas\VxSvc\CurrentVersion\Schedules specifying future command execution.

Affected products

Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation: 5.0

References

http://osvdb.org/36104
http://secunia.com/advisories/25537
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/288627.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470562/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24194
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018188
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.06.01.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2035
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34680
http://osvdb.org/36104
http://secunia.com/advisories/25537
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/288627.htm

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