Title : CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup RPC Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1161 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1785
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-03-30
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to an input validation error in the "Mediasvr.exe" service when processing specially crafted 191 (0xbf) RPC requests, which could be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
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