CVE-2007-5005

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in rxRPC.dll in CA (Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.0 through r11.5 allows remote attackers to upload and overwrite arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequence in the destination filename argument to sub-function 8 in the rxrReceiveFileFromServer command.

Affected products

Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup Laptops Desktops: 4.0, 11.0, 11.1, 11.1-sp1, 11.5
Broadcom Desktop Management Suite: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2
Ca Protection Suites: r2

References

http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070920.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25606
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/sams/lifeguard/infodocs/caarcservebld-securitynotice.asp
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=156006
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=35676
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480252/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24348
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018728
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070920.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25606
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/sams/lifeguard/infodocs/caarcservebld-securitynotice.asp
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=156006

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