CVE-2012-2971

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The server in CA ARCserve Backup r12.5, r15, and r16 on Windows does not properly process RPC requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted request.

Published 2012-10-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.