CVE-2007-3509

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the RPC subsystem in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers 10.0, 10d, and 11d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted ncacn_ip_tcp requests.

Affected products

Symantec Veritas Backup Exec: 10.0, 10d, 11d

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=553
http://secunia.com/advisories/26032
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.07.11a.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213697
http://www.osvdb.org/36111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23897
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018366
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2505
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35340
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=553
http://secunia.com/advisories/26032
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.07.11a.html

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