CVE-2005-0773

highpriority · attend · 70EPSS 0.864 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

86.4% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

23 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Stack-based buffer overflow in VERITAS Backup Exec Remote Agent 9.0 through 10.0 for Windows, and 9.0.4019 through 9.1.307 for Netware allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CONNECT_CLIENT_AUTH request with authentication method type 3 (Windows credentials) and a long password argument.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-121USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/backupexec/remote_agentVeritas Backup Exec Windows Remote Agent Overflowweaponized · metasploit
EDB-16332Veritas Backup Exec Windows - Remote Agent Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (23)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
symantec veritas backup exec= 10.0_rev.5484nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 10.0_rev.5484_sp1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0.4019nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0.4170nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0.4172nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0.4174nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0.4202nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0_rev.4367nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0_rev.4367_sp1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0_rev.4454nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.0_rev.4454_sp1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.1067.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.1067.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.1127.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.1151.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.1152nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.1152.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.1154nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec veritas backup exec= 9.1.306nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-06-18modified 2026-06-16

references (18)

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