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CVE-2009-0042

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-01-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple 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.

Affected products

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

References

• http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/26/ca20090126-01-ca-anti-virus-engine-detection-evasion-multiple-vulnerabilities.aspx
• http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197601
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500417/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33464
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021639
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0270
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48261
• http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/26/ca20090126-01-ca-anti-virus-engine-detection-evasion-multiple-vulnerabilities.aspx
• http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197601
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500417/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33464
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021639

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