CVE-2007-6017Not scoredCWE-20

CVE-2007-6017: Symantec Backup Exec For Windows Server vulnerability

Symantec · Backup Exec For Windows Server

Affected: Symantec Backup Exec For Windows Server · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

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3.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

87th percentile

050100

Higher than 87% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

The PVATLCalendar.PVCalendar.1 ActiveX control in pvcalendar.ocx in the scheduler component in the Media Server in Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Server (BEWS) 11d 11.0.6235 and 11.0.7170, and 12.0 12.0.1364, exposes the unsafe Save method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash), or create or overwrite arbitrary files, via string values of the (1) _DOWText0, (2) _DOWText1, (3) _DOWText2, (4) _DOWText3, (5) _DOWText4, (6) _DOWText5, (7) _DOWText6, (8) _MonthText0, (9) _MonthText1, (10) _MonthText2, (11) _MonthText3, (12) _MonthText4, (13) _MonthText5, (14) _MonthText6, (15) _MonthText7, (16) _MonthText8, (17) _MonthText9, (18) _MonthText10, and (19) _MonthText11 properties. NOTE: the vendor states "Authenticated user involvement required," but authentication is not needed to attack a client machine that loads this control.

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Input Validation · Input Validation and Logic
Vendor: Symantec
Published: February 2008
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), February 2008

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