CVE-2008-2241
Directory traversal vulnerability in caloggerd in CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup 11.0, 11.1, and 11.5 allows remote attackers to append arbitrary data to arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in unspecified input fields, which are used in log messages. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution in many installation environments by writing to a startup file or configuration file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 11.9% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2238)
- Published
- May 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2238 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- broadcom / brightstor arcserve backup
- broadcom / brightstor arcserve backup
- broadcom / server protection suite
- ca / brightstor arcserve backup
- ca / brightstor arcserve backup
- ca / business protection suite
- ca / business protection suite
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30300
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492266/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492274/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29283(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020043
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1573/references
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-027/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42524
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=176798(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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