CA ARCserve Backup 6.61/7.0 Share aremote.dmp Password missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in CA ARCserve Backup 6.61/7.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file aremote.dmp of the component Share Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing encryption (Password). This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2001-0960. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CA ARCserve Backup 6.61/7.0 (Backup Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file aremote.dmp of the component Share Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2001 by ERNE as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0960. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11105 (CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent Credential Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38076 (CA (Computer Associates) ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7122), Tenable (11105), SecurityFocus (BID 3343†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1386†). The entry VDB-17361 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: Password
Class: Missing encryption / Password
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11105
Nessus Name: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent Credential Disclosure
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08/22/2002 +340 days 🔍
07/03/2003 +315 days 🔍
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10/01/2025 +4101 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: ERNE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0960 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0960
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17362
X-Force: 7122 - ARCServe aremote.dmp stores username and password in plain text
SecurityFocus: 3343 - Computer Associates ARCServe Cleartext Administrative Password Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1386 - ARCServe Discloses User Name and Password for Backup Agent, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 10:58
Updated: 10/01/2025 00:10
Changes: 07/09/2014 10:58 (71), 05/10/2019 16:19 (1), 10/01/2025 00:10 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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