CVE-2006-0306
The DM Primer (dmprimer.exe) in the DM Deployment Common Component in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Mobile Backup r4.0, BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops & Desktops r11.0, r11.1, r11.1 SP1, Unicenter Remote Control 6.0, 6.0 SP1, CA Desktop…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The DM Primer (dmprimer.exe) in the DM Deployment Common Component in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Mobile Backup r4.0, BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops & Desktops r11.0, r11.1, r11.1 SP1, Unicenter Remote Control 6.0, 6.0 SP1, CA Desktop Protection Suite r2, CA Server Protection Suite r2, and CA Business Protection Suite r2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or application hang) via a large network packet, which causes a WSAEMESGSIZE error code that is not handled, leading to a thread exit.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 12.16% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 January 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- broadcom/brightstor arcserve backup laptops desktops · broadcom/brightstor mobile backup · broadcom/business protection suite · broadcom/desktop protection suite · broadcom/server protection suite · broadcom/unicenter remote control · ca/unicenter remote control
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 12.2% 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 (1)
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/18531Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015504
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/dmdeploysecurity_notice.aspVendor Advisory
- http://www.designfolks.com.au/karma/DMPrimer/Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.osvdb.org/22529
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422381/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16276Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0236Vendor Advisory
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33756Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18531Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015504
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/dmdeploysecurity_notice.aspVendor Advisory
- http://www.designfolks.com.au/karma/DMPrimer/Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.osvdb.org/22529
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422381/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16276Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0236Vendor Advisory
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33756Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.