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CVE-2008-2511
Directory traversal vulnerability in the UmxEventCli.CachedAuditDataList.1 (aka UmxEventCliLib) ActiveX control in UmxEventCli.dll in CA…
High9.3EPSS 10.0%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.0% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- 5682 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1696 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- internet-security-umxeventcli-file-overwrite(42712) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020129 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080528 [NSG_28-5-08] CA Internet Security Suite 2008 (UmxEventCli.dll/SaveToFile()) remote file corruption poc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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