CVE-2009-0042
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Arclib library (arclib.dll) before 7.3.0.15 in the CA Anti-Virus engine for CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise 7.1, r8, and r8.1; Anti-Virus 2007 v8 and 2008; Internet Security Suite 2007 v3 and 2008; and other CA products allow remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a malformed archive 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- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0051)
- Published
- January 28, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0051 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- broadcom / anti-spyware
- broadcom / anti-spyware
- broadcom / anti-spyware for the enterprise
- broadcom / anti-spyware for the enterprise
- broadcom / anti-virus
- broadcom / anti-virus
- broadcom / anti-virus for the enterprise
- broadcom / anti-virus for the enterprise
- broadcom / anti-virus for the enterprise
- broadcom / anti-virus sdk
- broadcom / antivirus gateway
- broadcom / arcserve client agent
- broadcom / common services
- broadcom / common services
- broadcom / etrust ez antivirus
- broadcom / etrust ez antivirus
- broadcom / etrust intrusion detection
- broadcom / etrust intrusion detection
- broadcom / network and systems management
- broadcom / network and systems management
- broadcom / network and systems management
- broadcom / network and systems management
- broadcom / secure content manager
- broadcom / secure content manager
- ca / arcserve backup
- ca / arcserve backup
- ca / arcserve backup
- ca / arcserve backup
- ca / arcserve backup
- ca / etrust intrusion detection
- ca / etrust intrusion detection
- ca / internet security suite 2007
- ca / internet security suite 2008
- ca / internet security suite plus 2008
- ca / protection suites
- ca / protection suites
- ca / protection suites
- ca / threat manager for the enterprise
- ca / threat manager for the enterprise
References
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/26/ca20090126-01-ca-anti-virus-engine-detection-evasion-multiple-vulnerabilities.aspx(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197601
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500417/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33464
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021639
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0270
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48261
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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