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CVE-2008-2241

Published: May 21, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
11.9%
Top 4.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-22

Affected Products

n/an/a
brightstor arcserve backupbroadcom
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
server protection suitebroadcom
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
brightstor arcserve backupca
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
business protection suiteca
On-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
broadcomcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka broadcom inc
cacommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka computer associates, arcserve, ca technologies

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29283
securityfocus.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/30300
secunia.com
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-027/
zerodayinitiative.com
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Timeline

Published
May 21, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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