CVE-2008-4397

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 80.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the RPC interface (asdbapi.dll) in CA ARCserve Backup (formerly BrightStor ARCserve Backup) r11.1 through r12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .. (dot dot) in an RPC call with opnum 0x10A.

Affected products

Broadcom Arcserve Backup: r12.0
Broadcom Business Protection Suite: r2
Broadcom Server Protection Suite: r2
Ca Arcserve Backup: r11.1, r11.5
Ca Business Protection Suite: r2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32220
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4412
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497218
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497281/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31684
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021032
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2777
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45774
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=188143
http://secunia.com/advisories/32220
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4412
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497218

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