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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5415 · published 11 December 2008

CVE-2008-5415: Broadcom arcserve backup vulnerability

Broadcom · Arcserve Backup

The LDBserver service in the server in CA ARCserve Backup 11.1 through 12.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a handle_t argument to an RPC endpoint in which the argument refers to an incompatible procedure.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.3% · top 5.2%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The LDBserver service in the server in CA ARCserve Backup 11.1 through 12.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a handle_t argument to an RPC endpoint in which the argument refers to an incompatible procedure.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/12/10.aspx
http://osvdb.org/50683
http://secunia.com/advisories/27299 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-82/ Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4708
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499104/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499128/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32764
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3404 Vendor Advisory
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=194293 PatchVendor Advisory
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/12/10.aspx
http://osvdb.org/50683
http://secunia.com/advisories/27299 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-82/ Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4708
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499104/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499128/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32764
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3404 Vendor Advisory
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=194293 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5415), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.