CVE-2004-1172
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Agent Browser in Veritas Backup Exec 8.x before 8.60.3878 Hotfix 68, and 9.x before 9.1.4691 Hotfix 40, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a registration request with a long hostname.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Agent Browser in Veritas Backup Exec 8.x before 8.60.3878 Hotfix 68, and 9.x before 9.1.4691 Hotfix 40, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a registration request with a long hostname.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 81.79% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 January 2005
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- symantec veritas/backup exec
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 81.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13495/
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273419.htm
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273420.htm
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273422.htm
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273850.htm
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050111.101_BXEC.cpp.php
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=169
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/907729US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11974Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18506
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13495/
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273419.htm
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273420.htm
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273422.htm
- http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273850.htm
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050111.101_BXEC.cpp.php
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=169
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/907729US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11974Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18506
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.