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CVE-2011-1036
The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before…
High8.8EPSS 2.5%
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- mitre
Description
The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before 8.1.0.88, and the client before 1.6.450, in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, as used in CA Internet Security Suite (ISS) 2010, allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via vectors involving the SetXml and Save methods.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- ADV-2011-0496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 43490 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 46539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20110223 ZDI-11-093: CA Internet Security Suite HIPS XML Security Database Parser Class Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8106 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20110225 CA20110223-01: Security Notice for CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1025120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ca-products-activex-file-overwrite(65632) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7B53A608DF-BFDB-4AB3-A98F-E4BB6BC7A2F4%7D (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- 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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