CVE-2007-2523
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2516)
- Published
- May 11, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2516 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- broadcom / integrated threat management
- ca / anti-virus for the enterprise
References
- http://blog.48bits.com/?p=103
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=530(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-May/063275.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25202
- http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/antivirus/infodocs/caav-secnotice050807.asp(Patch)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/788416(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/34586
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468306/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23906
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018043
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1750
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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