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CVE-2008-2511
Published: Jun 2, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
5682
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
ADV-2008-1696
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
30420
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html
x_refsource_MISC
internet-security-umxeventcli-file-overwrite(42712)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
1020129
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
20080528 [NSG_28-5-08] CA Internet Security Suite 2008 (UmxEventCli.dll/SaveToFile()) remote file corruption poc
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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