CVE-2007-2523 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit weak permissions and a buffer overflow in CA Anti-Virus to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2523?
CVE-2007-2523 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2523?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Broadcom Integrated Threat Management, Ca Anti-Virus for the Enterprise.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-2523 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2523 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j5vw-526q-m7h7.