Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-2511
Directory traversal vulnerability in the UmxEventCli.CachedAuditDataList.1 (aka UmxEventCliLib) ActiveX control in UmxEventCli.dll in CA Internet Security Suite 2008 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument to the SaveToFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.043
EPSS Ranking 88.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 9.3
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30420
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492679/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020129
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1696/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42712
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5682
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30420
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492679/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020129
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1696/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42712
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5682
Products affected by CVE-2008-2511
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cpe:2.3:a:ca:internet_security_suite_plus_2008:*