CVE-2012-2972

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The (1) server and (2) agent components in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows do not properly validate RPC requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request.

References

http://osvdb.org/86415
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119543/Security-Notice-For-CA-ARCserve-Backup.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/86
http://secunia.com/advisories/51012
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/408099
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79477
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7BF9EEA31E-8089-423E-B746-41B5C9DD2AC1%7D
http://osvdb.org/86415
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119543/Security-Notice-For-CA-ARCserve-Backup.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/86
http://secunia.com/advisories/51012
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/408099

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