{"cve":"CVE-2005-2611","nvd":{"published":"2005-08-17T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:15:17.867","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/16403","http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.08.12b.html","http://securitytracker.com/id?1014662","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/378957","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14551"],"products":["symantec_veritas:backup_exec","symantec_veritas:backup_exec_remote_agent","symantec_veritas:netbackup"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-2611","score":0.87026,"percentile":0.99747,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}