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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-1009

Multiple buffer overflows in BakBone NetVault 6.x and 7.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified computer name and length that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, or (2) local users to execute arbitrary code via a long…

EXPLOIT ×4 ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 57.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 57.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in BakBone NetVault 6.x and 7.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a modified computer name and length that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, or (2) local users to execute arbitrary code via a long Name entry in the configure.cfg file.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
57.02% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
4 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 April 2005
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
bakbone/netvault
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%30%60%26 October 2026: 57.02%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 57.0% 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 (4)

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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-16448source ↗BakBone NetVault - Remote Heap Overflow (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote20 September 2010yes
EDB-990source ↗BakBone NetVault 6.x/7.x - Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (1)windows · nolimitremote17 May 2005yes
EDB-906source ↗BakBone NetVault 6.x/7.x - Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (2)windows · class101remote1 April 2005yes
EDB-905source ↗BakBone NetVault 6.x/7.x - Local Stack Buffer Overflowwindows · class101local1 April 2005yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.