CVE-2008-2511
Directory traversal vulnerability in the UmxEventCli.CachedAuditDataList.1 (aka UmxEventCliLib) ActiveX control in UmxEventCli.dll in CA…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 10.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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 exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- CA Internet Security Suite 2008 - 'SaveToFile()' File Corruption (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5682dos, windowspublished 28 May 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5682 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.0% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 5682 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1696 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- internet-security-umxeventcli-file-overwrite(42712) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020129 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080528 [NSG_28-5-08] CA Internet Security Suite 2008 (UmxEventCli.dll/SaveToFile()) remote file corruption poc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-2506 (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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