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CVE-2008-2511

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 10.01% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-06-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution
External Security References

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CVE
CVE-2008-2511
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
10.01%

Original NVD 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.