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CVE-2006-0990: veritas netbackup

CVSS: 9.0v2.0HighModified
Published 28-03-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-0990 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in veritas netbackup. EPSS estimates a 8.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.11%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 28-03-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup Catalog daemon (bpdbm) in Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0 through 6.0 and DataCenter and BusinesServer 4.5FP and 4.5MP allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.11% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
8.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Veritas1 product
  • netbackup4.5.0:fp | 4.5.0:mp | 5.0 | 5.1 | 6.0

1 vendor · 1 product

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