VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-1298

Format string vulnerability in the Job Engine service (bengine.exe) in the Media Server in Veritas Backup Exec 10d (10.1) for Windows Servers rev.

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 1.94%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Format string vulnerability in the Job Engine service (bengine.exe) in the Media Server in Veritas Backup Exec 10d (10.1) for Windows Servers rev. 5629, Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers rev. 5520, Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers rev. 5484, and Backup Exec 9.1 for Windows Servers rev. 4691, when the job log mode is Full Detailed (aka Full Details), allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename on a machine that is backed up by Backup Exec.

CVSS 2.0: 4.6 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 1.94% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: symantec veritas/backup exec
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

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