Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the RPC implementation in alert.exe before 8.0.255.0 in CA (formerly Computer Associates) Alert Not
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the RPC implementation in alert.exe before 8.0.255.0 in CA (formerly Computer Associates) Alert Notification Server, as used in Threat Manager for the Enterprise, Protection Suites, certain BrightStor ARCserve products, and BrightStor Enterprise Backup, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending certain data to unspecified RPC procedures.
- Published
- Jul 18, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 14.0% · 96th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
41
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 4 / 30 · 14.0%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ca | anti-virus for the enterprise | cpe:2.3:a:ca:anti-virus_for_the_enterprise |
| ca | brightstor arcserve backup | cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup |
| ca | brightstor arcserve client | cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_client |
| ca | protection suites | cpe:2.3:a:ca:protection_suites |
| ca | threat manager | cpe:2.3:a:ca:threat_manager |
| broadcom | alert notification server | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:alert_notification_server |
| broadcom | brightstor arcserve backup | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup |
| broadcom | brightstor enterprise backup | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_enterprise_backup |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- broadcom alert notification serverall versions
- broadcom brightstor arcserve backup11.1
- broadcom brightstor arcserve backup11.5
- broadcom brightstor arcserve backup9.01
- broadcom brightstor enterprise backup10.5
- ca anti-virus for the enterprise8
- ca brightstor arcserve backup11
- ca brightstor arcserve clientall versions
- ca protection suitesr3
- ca threat manager8
Same product
ca: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-2863Stack-based buffer overflow in the Anti-Virus engine before content update 30.6 in multiple CA (formerly Computer Associates) products allow47Plan
- CVE-2007-2523CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8 and Threat Manager r8 before 20070510 use weak permissions (NULL security descriptor) for the Task Servi28Monitor
Remediation
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=561
- secunia.com/advisories/26088
- supportconnectw.ca.com/public/antivirus/infodocs/caantivirus-secnotice.asp
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24947
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018402
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018403
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018404
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018405
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1018406
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2559
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35467
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.