CVE-2007-5005: Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup Laptops Desktops

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in rxRPC.dll in CA (Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.0 through r11.5 allows remote attackers to upload and overwrite arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequence in the destination filename argument to sub-function 8 in the rxrReceiveFileFromServer command.

Affected products

• Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup Laptops Desktops: version 4.0 only; version 11.0 only; version 11.1 only; version 11.5 only
• Broadcom Desktop Management Suite: version 11.0 only; version 11.1 only; version 11.2 only
• Ca Protection Suites: version r2 only

Published 2007-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.