CVE-2001-0960: Broadcom Arcserve Backup

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Computer Associates ARCserve for NT 6.61 SP2a and ARCserve 2000 7.0 stores the backup agent user name and password in cleartext in the aremote.dmp file in the ARCSERVE$ hidden share, which allows local and remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Broadcom Arcserve Backup: version 6.61 only
• Broadcom Arcserve Backup 2000: any version
• Ca Arcserve Backup 2000: any version

Published 2001-09-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.