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...
Date: 2011-02
Affected: ca/host-based_intrusion_prevention_system, ca/internet_security_suite_2010, ca/internet_security_suite_2011
Attack vector: other
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2011-1036
CVSS: 8.8 ()

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.


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