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CVE-2007-2523

Published: May 11, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 31.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

integrated threat managementbroadcom
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
anti-virus for the enterpriseca
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
n/an/a
broadcomcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka broadcom inc
cacommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka computer associates, arcserve, ca technologies

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://blog.48bits.com/?p=103
blog.48bits.com
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=530
labs.idefense.com
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-May/063275.html
lists.grok.org.uk
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Timeline

Published
May 11, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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