Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, when remote backups of re
Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, when remote backups of restore points images are configured, uses weak permissions (world readable) for a configuration file with network share credentials, which allows local users to obtain the credentials by reading the file.
- Published
- Apr 30, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 25th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| symantec | backupexec system recovery | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:backupexec_system_recovery |
| symantec | livestate recovery | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:livestate_recovery |
| symantec | norton ghost | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_ghost |
| symantec | norton save and recovery | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_save_and_recovery |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- symantec backupexec system recovery6.5
- symantec backupexec system recovery6.52
- symantec backupexec system recovery6.52a
- symantec backupexec system recovery6.53
- symantec livestate recovery6.0
- symantec livestate recovery6.01
- symantec livestate recovery6.02
- symantec norton ghost10.0
- symantec norton ghost10.01
- symantec norton save and recovery1.01
- symantec norton save and recovery1.01b
- symantec norton save and recovery11.0
- symantec norton save and recovery11.01
- symantec norton save and recovery11.01b
Same product
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- CVE-2007-4347Multiple integer overflows in the Job Engine (bengine.exe) service in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS) 11d build 11.0.7170 an32Monitor
- CVE-2007-2359Buffer overflow in Ghost Service Manager, as used in Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec Syste28Monitor
- CVE-2007-2360Symantec Norton Ghost, Norton Save & Recovery, LiveState Recovery, and BackupExec System Recovery before 20070426, when remote backups of re27Monitor
- CVE-2008-2512Directory traversal vulnerability in Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager 7.x before 7.0.4 and 8.x before 8.0.2 allows remote attack21Monitor
- CVE-2007-4346The Job Engine (bengine.exe) service in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS) 11d build 11.0.7170 and 11.0.6.6235 allows remote at21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
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
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1552
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=520
- secunia.com/advisories/25013
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1017971
- www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.04.26.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33929
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.