CVE-2005-0496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Arkeia Network Backup Client 5.x contains hard-coded credentials that effectively serve as a back door, which allows remote attackers to access the file system and possibly execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2005-02-21

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:arkeia:network_backup:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02557.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110900879826004&w=2
http://metasploit.com/research/arkeia_agent/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013256
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20667

History

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Subscriptions

Arkeia Network Backup

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-21T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.357Z

Reserved: 2005-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0496

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-21T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0496

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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