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Vulnerability · CVE-2005-2611

VERITAS Backup Exec NDMP Agent Hardcoded Password

Published Aug 12, 2005 · catalog updated Aug 12, 2005 · Veritas Backup Exec Agent

Patch now

CVE-2005-2611 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Veritas Backup Exec Agent against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
87.03%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Veritas Backup Exec Agent

VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Server Option 4.5 through 5.1 uses a static password during authentication from the NDMP agent to the server, which allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files with the backup server.

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  • vendor Veritas Backup Exec Agentversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2005-2611

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2005-2611 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Veritas Backup Exec Agent against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 87.03%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 12, 2005 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Server Option 4.5 through 5.1 uses a static password during authentication from the NDMP agent to the server, which allows remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files with the backup server.

  2. Aug 12, 2005 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2005-2611

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2005-2611

    30-day exploitation probability 87.0%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2005-2611

    VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows Servers 8.6 through 10.0, Backup Exec for NetWare Servers 9.0 and 9.1, and NetBackup for NetWare Media Server Option 4.5 through 5.1 uses a static password during authentication from the NDMP agent to the server, which allows remote attackers to re

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.