CVE-2011-1036
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1052)
- Published
- February 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1052 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ca / host-based intrusion prevention system
- ca / internet security suite 2010
- ca / internet security suite 2011
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43490
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8106
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516649/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516687/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46539
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025120
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0496
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-093
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65632
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=%7B53A608DF-BFDB-4AB3-A98F-E4BB6BC7A2F4%7D
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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