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CVE-2005-2715

Format string vulnerability in the Java user interface service (bpjava-msvc) daemon for VERITAS NetBackup Data and Business Center 4.5FP and 4.5MP, and NetBackup Enterprise/Server/Client 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

EXPLOIT ×3 ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 60.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 60.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Format string vulnerability in the Java user interface service (bpjava-msvc) daemon for VERITAS NetBackup Data and Business Center 4.5FP and 4.5MP, and NetBackup Enterprise/Server/Client 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the COMMAND_LOGON_TO_MSERVER command.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
60.36% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
3 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 October 2005
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
symantec veritas/netbackup data and business center · symantec veritas/netbackup enterprise server client
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%33%65%26 October 2026: 60.36%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 60.4% 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 (3)

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-1265source ↗Veritas NetBackup 6.0 (OSX) - 'bpjava-msvc' Remote Command Executionosx · Kevin Finisterreremote20 October 2005yes
EDB-1264source ↗Veritas NetBackup 6.0 (Windows x86) - 'bpjava-msvc' Remote Command Executionwindows_x86 · Kevin Finisterreremote20 October 2005yes
EDB-1263source ↗Veritas NetBackup 6.0 (Linux) - 'bpjava-msvc' Remote Command Executionmultiple · Kevin Finisterreremote20 October 2005yes

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