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>> CA Products DSM "gui_cm_ctrls" ActiveX Code Execution Vulnerability

Title : CA Products DSM "gui_cm_ctrls" ActiveX Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1249
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1786
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-04-17


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A vulnerability has been identified in various CA products, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by input validation errors in the DSM "gui_cm_ctrls" ActiveX control when handling user-supplied arguments, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Affected Products

CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.5
CA Desktop Management Suite r11.2 C2
CA Desktop Management Suite r11.2 C1
CA Desktop Management Suite r11.2a
CA Desktop Management Suite r11.2
CA Desktop Management Suite r11.1 (GA, a, C1)
CA Unicenter Desktop Management Bundle r11.2 C2
CA Unicenter Desktop Management Bundle r11.2 C1
CA Unicenter Desktop Management Bundle r11.2a
CA Unicenter Desktop Management Bundle r11.2
CA Unicenter Desktop Management Bundle r11.1 (GA, a, C1)
CA Unicenter Asset Management r11.2 C2
CA Unicenter Asset Management r11.2 C1
CA Unicenter Asset Management r11.2a
CA Unicenter Asset Management r11.2
CA Unicenter Asset Management r11.1 (GA, a, C1)
CA Unicenter Software Delivery r11.2 C2
CA Unicenter Software Delivery r11.2 C1
CA Unicenter Software Delivery r11.2a
CA Unicenter Software Delivery r11.2
CA Unicenter Software Delivery r11.1 (GA, a, C1)
CA Unicenter Remote Control r11.2 C2
CA Unicenter Remote Control r11.2 C1
CA Unicenter Remote Control r11.2a
CA Unicenter Remote Control r11.2
CA Unicenter Remote Control r11.1 (GA, a, C1)
CA Desktop and Server Management r11.2 C2
CA Desktop and Server Management r11.2 C1
CA Desktop and Server Management r11.2a
CA Desktop and Server Management r11.2
CA Desktop and Server Management r11.1 (GA, a, C1)

Solution

Apply updates :
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=174256

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1249
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=174256

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Greg Linares (eEye Digital Security).

ChangeLog

2008-04-17 : Initial release

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