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.
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 Internet Security Suite 2008 - 'SaveToFile()' File Corruption (PoC) EDB-5682 · dos · May 28, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5682 exploit
- ADV-2008-1696 vdb-entry
- 30420 third-party-advisory
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html
- internet-security-umxeventcli-file-overwrite(42712) vdb-entry
- 1020129 vdb-entry
- 20080528 [NSG_28-5-08] CA Internet Security Suite 2008 (UmxEventCli.dll/SaveToFile()) remote file corruption poc mailing-list