CVE-2008-2511

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2511
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-02 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:41:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CA Internet Security Suite Multiple ActiveX Controls Insecure Methods - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
CA Internet Security 'UmxEventCliLib' ActiveX Control Lets Remote Users Corrupt Files - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Error 404 :( MISC retrogod.altervista.org Exploit
CA Internet Security Suite 2008 - 'SaveToFile()' File Corruption (PoC) - Windows dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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