MSRPC: Veritas Backup Agent Registry Access Exploit

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in Veritas Backup Agent software. Attackers can send a malformed DCERPC request to a backup server and gain read/write access to the target server's registry.

Extended Description

VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers is prone to an access validation vulnerability. The issue may be leveraged by a remote attacker to gain 'Administrator' access to the vulnerable computer's registry. This access may be further leveraged to gain unfettered access to the target computer.

Affected Products

Veritas_software backup_exec_for_windows_servers

References

BugTraq: 14020

CVE: CVE-2005-0771

Short Name
MS-RPC:REG-ACCESS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
MS-RPC
Keywords
Access Agent Backup CVE-2005-0771 Exploit Registry Veritas bid:14020
Release Date
07/04/2005
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3727
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Veritas_software

CVSS Score

10.0

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