CVE-2008-2511

CA Internet Security Suite 2008 - 'SaveToFile()' File Corruption (PoC)

Severity Score

9.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el control ActiveX UmxEventCli.CachedAuditDataList.1 (también se conoce como UmxEventCliLib) en biblioteca UmxEventCli.dll en CA Internet Security Suite 2008, permite a los atacantes remotos crear y sobrescribir archivos arbitrarios por medio de un .. (punto punto) en el argumento al método SaveToFile . NOTA: esto puede ser aprovechado para la ejecución del código mediante la escritura en una carpeta Startup. NOTA: algunos de estos detalles fueron obtenidos de información de terceros.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 9.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-06-02 CVE Reserved
2008-06-02 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492679/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020129	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1696/references	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42712	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5682	2024-08-07
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30420	2018-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ca Search vendor "Ca"		Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 Search vendor "Ca" for product "Internet Security Suite Plus 2008"				*		-		Affected