CVE-2011-0546

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Symantec Backup Exec 11.0, 12.0, 12.5, 13.0, and 13.0 R2 does not validate identity information sent between the media server and the remote agent, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute NDMP commands via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Symantec Backup Exec: 11.0, 12.0, 12.5, 13.0, 13.0-r2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131489365508507&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/44698
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8300
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47824
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110526_00
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131489365508507&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/44698
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8300
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47824
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110526_00

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