CVE-2012-2972
The (1) server and (2) agent components in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows do not properly validate RPC requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The (1) server and (2) agent components in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows do not properly validate RPC requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.47% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 3.5% 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
- http://osvdb.org/86415
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119543/Security-Notice-For-CA-ARCserve-Backup.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/86
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51012
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/408099US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79477
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7BF9EEA31E-8089-423E-B746-41B5C9DD2AC1%7D
- http://osvdb.org/86415
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119543/Security-Notice-For-CA-ARCserve-Backup.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/86
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51012
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/408099US Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79477
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7BF9EEA31E-8089-423E-B746-41B5C9DD2AC1%7D
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.