Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1

CVE-2011-1036 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before 8.1.0.88, and the client before 1.6.450, in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, as used in CA Internet Security Suite (ISS) 2010, allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via vectors involving the SetXml and Save methods.

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