CVE-2008-0457: symantec backupexec_system_recovery Improper Input Validation

EPSS trend

Probability

11.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.86% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026

EPSS score

11.86%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
exploit-databaseremotewindowsVerified
Backup Exec System Recovery Manager 7.0.1 - Arbitrary File Upload
Maturity: weaponized
exploit-databaseremotewindowsVerified
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager 7.0 - FileUpload Class Unauthorized File Upload
Maturity: weaponized

References

9 links

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5078ExploitX Refsource EXPLOIT DB
secunia.com/advisories/28787Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487688/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0413VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27487VDB EntryX Refsource BIDExploit
www.securitytracker.com/id?1019303VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/297171.htmX Refsource CONFIRMPatch
www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.04.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatch
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-003.htmlX Refsource MISC

Related vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-2359symantecbackupexec_system_recovery+30.41%19y ago30-04-2007 22:00Buffer overflow in Ghost Service Manager, as used in Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, allows local users to gain privileges via a long string.CVE-2007-2360symantecbackupexec_system_recovery+30.34%19y ago30-04-2007 22:00Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, when remote backups of restore point images are configured, encrypt network share credentials with a key formed by a hash of the username, which allows local users to obtain the credentials by calculating the key.CVE-2007-2361symantecbackupexec_system_recovery+30.34%19y ago30-04-2007 22:00Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, when remote backups of restore points images are configured, uses weak permissions (world readable) for a configuration file with network share credentials, which allows local users to obtain the credentials by reading the file.CVE-2007-4346symantecbackupexec_system_recovery2.58%18y ago29-11-2007 23:00The Job Engine (bengine.exe) service in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS) 11d build 11.0.7170 and 11.0.6.6235 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and service crash) via a crafted packet to port 5633/tcp.CVE-2007-4347symantecbackupexec_system_recovery2.93%18y ago29-11-2007 23:00Multiple integer overflows in the Job Engine (bengine.exe) service in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS) 11d build 11.0.7170 and 11.0.6.6235 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted packet to port 5633/tcp, which triggers an infinite loop.CVE-2008-2512symantecbackupexec_system_recovery2.79%18y ago02-06-2008 14:00Directory traversal vulnerability in Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager 7.x before 7.0.4 and 8.x before 8.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

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CVE-2008-0457: symantec backupexec_system_recovery Improper Input Validation

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