CVE-2008-2511

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Ca Internet Security Suite Plus 2008: all versions

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

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