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A vulnerability has been found in EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 7.5.116 (Backup Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file retroclient.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

retroclient.exe in EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 7.5.116 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a series of long packets containing 0x00 characters to TCP port 497 that trigger memory corruption, probably involving an English product version on a Chinese OS version.

The bug was discovered 07/18/2008. The weakness was presented 07/24/2008 with Fortinet (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-3290 since 07/24/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33561 (Retrospect Backup Client Multiple Vulnerabilities (ESA-08-009)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43928) and Tenable (33561). See 43347, 43346 and 43345 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Backup Software

Vendor

• EMC Dantz

Name

• Retrospect Backup Client

Version

• 7.5.116

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33561
Nessus Name: Retrospect Backup Client Multiple Vulnerabilities (ESA-08-009)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/18/2008 🔍
07/18/2008 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2008 +3 days 🔍
07/23/2008 +2 days 🔍
07/24/2008 +1 days 🔍
07/24/2008 +0 days 🔍
07/24/2008 +0 days 🔍
07/29/2008 +5 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2422 days 🔍
08/15/2019 +1612 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-3290 (🔍)
X-Force: 43928
Vulnerability Center: 18953 - EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client DoS due to a Memory Corruption, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30306 - EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client 'retroclient.exe' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 31186
OSVDB: 47507 - EMC Dantz - Retrospect - Backup Client 'retroclient.exe' Remote Memory Corruption Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2150

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/15/2019 06:54
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (67), 08/15/2019 06:54 (8)
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Cache ID: 3:84C

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