{"cve":"CVE-2008-2511","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-02T21:30:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:53:54.240","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/30420","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492679/100/0/threaded","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020129","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1696/references"],"products":["ca:internet_security_suite_plus_2008"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2511","score":0.10007,"percentile":0.95611,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}