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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-06-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 (Ca)

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