CVE-2008-2511

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2511
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-02 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ca Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CA Internet Security Suite Multiple ActiveX Controls Insecure Methods - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CA Internet Security Suite 2008 - 'SaveToFile()' File Corruption (PoC) - Windows dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Error 404 :( af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 retrogod.altervista.org Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CA Internet Security 'UmxEventCliLib' ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Corrupt Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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