CVE-2008-2511

EUVD-2008-2506

02.06.2008, 21:30

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.

Path Traversal

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	9.3 UNKNOWN	NETWORK	MEDIUM		AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 89%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
ca	internet_security_suite_plus_2008	*

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= Vulnerable software versions

Known Exploits!

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/30420

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492679/100/0/threaded

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020129

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1696/references

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42712

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5682

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/30420

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492679/100/0/threaded

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020129

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1696/references

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42712

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5682