CVE-2008-2241
Directory traversal vulnerability in caloggerd in CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup 11.0, 11.1, and 11.5 allows remote attackers to append…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 11.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in caloggerd in CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup 11.0, 11.1, and 11.5 allows remote attackers to append arbitrary data to arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in unspecified input fields, which are used in log messages. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution in many installation environments by writing to a startup file or configuration file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.9% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 29283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-027/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=176798 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080519 ZDI-08-027: CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Arbitrary File Writing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ca-arcservebackup-caloggerd-code-execution(42524) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080519 CA ARCserve Backup caloggerd and xdr Functions Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1020043 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2008-2238 (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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