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TI-2007-02197 Aliases CVE-2007-2279GHSA-2vmv-r5mh-gqqw

The Scheduler Service (VxSchedService.exe) in Symantec Storage Foundation for Windows 5.0…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

The Scheduler Service (VxSchedService.exe) in Symantec Storage Foundation for Windows 5.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code via certain requests to the service socket that create (1) PreScript or (2) PostScript registry values under Veritas\VxSvc\CurrentVersion\Schedules specifying future command execution.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05817 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableSymantec
  • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:veritas_storage_foundation:5.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Symantec

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-2279
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2vmv-r5mh-gqqw

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2008-03545 The management console in the Volume Manager Scheduler Service (aka VxSchedService.exe)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-02884 VRTSweb.exe in VRTSweb in Symantec Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server (CPS) 11d… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2011-00473 Multiple integer overflows in vxsvc.exe in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator service… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-00607 Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

Sources

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