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CVE-2007-4620

Published: Apr 7, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
52.3%
Top 1.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) Alert Notification Service (Alert.exe) 8.1.586.0, 8.0.450.0, and 7.1.758.0, as used in multiple CA products including Anti-Virus for the Enterprise 7.1 through r11.1 and Threat Manager for the Enterprise 8.1 and r8, allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPC requests.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

anti-virus for the enterprisebroadcom
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
brightstor arcserve backupbroadcom
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
brightstor arcserve backupca
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
threat manager for the enterpriseca
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
n/an/a
broadcomcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka broadcom inc
cacommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka computer associates, arcserve, ca technologies

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/04/04/ca-alert-notification-server-multiple-vulnerabilities.aspx
community.ca.com
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=679
labs.idefense.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29665
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 7, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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