cve/2008/CVE-2008-2511.md

### [CVE-2008-2511](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2511)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5682

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.