CVE-2007-2523
CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8 and Threat Manager r8 before 20070510 use weak permissions (NULL security descriptor) for the Task…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 28% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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 exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- CA (Multiple Products) - Console Server / 'InoCore.dll' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30019remote, windowspublished 9 May 2007Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/antivirus/infodocs/caav-secnotice050807.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1018043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://blog.48bits.com/?p=103 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#788416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 34586 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 25202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070511 Computer Associates eTrust InoTask.exe Antivirus Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070509 Computer Associates eTrust InoTask.exe Antivirus Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 20050711 [CAID 35330, 35331]: CA Anti-Virus, CA Threat Manager, and CA Anti-Spyware Console Login and File Mapping Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-2516 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-2523)Record last updated .