Description
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8 and Threat Manager r8 before 20070510 use weak permissions (NULL security descriptor) for the Task Service shared file mapping, which allows local users to modify this mapping and gain privileges by triggering a stack-based buffer overflow in InoCore.dll before 8.0.448.0.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- CA (Multiple Products) - Console Server / 'InoCore.dll' Remote Code Execution EDB-30019 · remote · May 9, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/antivirus/infodocs/caav-secnotice050807.asp
- 1018043 vdb-entry
- http://blog.48bits.com/?p=103
- ADV-2007-1750 vdb-entry
- 23906 vdb-entry
- VU#788416 third-party-advisory
- 34586 vdb-entry
- 25202 third-party-advisory
- 20070511 Computer Associates eTrust InoTask.exe Antivirus Buffer Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- 20070509 Computer Associates eTrust InoTask.exe Antivirus Buffer Overflow Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 20050711 [CAID 35330, 35331]: CA Anti-Virus, CA Threat Manager, and CA Anti-Spyware Console Login and File Mapping Vulnerabilities mailing-list