HIGH
Buffer overflow in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) in CA (formerly Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to TCP port 6502
Published Nov 24, 2006
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 70.86%
Description
Buffer overflow in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) in CA (formerly Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup 11.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to TCP port 6502.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 11.5
- 11.1
- 11.5
- 11
- 11.1
- 11.0
- 11.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
70.86% 0.70858
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.70858
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 70.86% (0.70858) | 99.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 70.22% (0.70215) | 99.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 68.99% (0.68994) | 99.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 78.58% (0.78580) | 98.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 76.04% (0.76040) | 98.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 73.98% (0.73980) | 98.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 15, 2025 | 80.75% (0.80755) | 98.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 78.58% (0.78582) | 98.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 14, 2024 | 35.32% (0.35315) | 97.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 33.73% (0.33727) | 97.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 29.78% (0.29775) | 96.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 33.66% (0.33656) | 96.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 20, 2024 | 27.41% (0.27412) | 96.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 28.47% (0.28473) | 96.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 29.34% (0.29343) | 96.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | 30.96% (0.30964) | 96.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 21, 2023 | 29.94% (0.29943) | 96.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 25.47% (0.25473) | 95.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 24.76% (0.24760) | 95.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 79.67% (0.79666) | 99.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 79.67% (0.79666) | 99.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050808.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050814.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23060 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24512 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017268 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/storage/infodocs/babtapeng-securitynotice.asp x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/437300 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452222/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452318/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456711 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21221 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4654 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=101317 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34817 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30453 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 24, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 24, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6076
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a