CVE-2009-0042

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0042
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-28 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Arclib library (arclib.dll) before 7.3.0.15 in the CA Anti-Virus engine for CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise 7.1, r8, and r8.1; Anti-Virus 2007 v8 and 2008; Internet Security Suite 2007 v3 and 2008; and other CA products allow remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a malformed archive file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Broadcom Anti-spyware 2007 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-spyware 2008 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-spyware For The Enterprise 8.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-spyware For The Enterprise r8 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-virus 2007 8 All All
Application Broadcom Anti-virus 2008 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-virus For The Enterprise 7.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-virus For The Enterprise 8.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-virus For The Enterprise r8 All All All
Application Broadcom Anti-virus Sdk All All All All
Application Broadcom Antivirus Gateway 7.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Arcserve Client Agent - All windows All
Application Broadcom Common Services 11 All All All
Application Broadcom Common Services 11.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Etrust Ez Antivirus r6.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Etrust Ez Antivirus r7 All All All
Application Broadcom Etrust Intrusion Detection 3.0 All All All
Application Broadcom Etrust Intrusion Detection 4.0 All All All
Application Broadcom Network And Systems Management r11 All All All
Application Broadcom Network And Systems Management r11.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Network And Systems Management r3.0 All All All
Application Broadcom Network And Systems Management r3.1 All All All
Application Broadcom Secure Content Manager 8.0 All All All
Application Broadcom Secure Content Manager 8.1 All All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r11.1 _nil_ linux All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r11.1 _nil_ windows All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r11.5_nil_ linux All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r11.5_nil_ windows All All
Application Ca Arcserve Backup r12.0_nil_ windows All All
Application Ca Etrust Intrusion Detection 2.0 sp1 All All
Application Ca Etrust Intrusion Detection 3.0 sp1 All All
Application Ca Internet Security Suite 2007 3 All All All
Application Ca Internet Security Suite 2008 All All All All
Application Ca Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 All All All All
Application Ca Protection Suites r2 All All All
Application Ca Protection Suites r3 All All All
Application Ca Protection Suites r3.1 All All All
Application Ca Threat Manager For The Enterprise 8.1 All All All
Application Ca Threat Manager For The Enterprise r8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CA Anti-Virus Arclib Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Malware Detection - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Computer Associates Anti-Virus Engine 'arclib.dll' Multiple Scan Evasion Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ca.com
CA20090126-01: CA Anti-Virus Engine Detection Evasion Multiple Vulnerabilities - CA Security Response Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 community.ca.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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