Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1472

Title: Computer Associates Desktop Management Suite RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-1472

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Mar 24, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
39.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1472: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ListCtrl ActiveX Control (ListCtrl.ocx), as used in multiple CA products including BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.5, Desktop Management Suite r11.1 through r11.2, and Unicenter products r11.1 through r11.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long argument to the AddColumn method.

Impacted Vendors

Z
zoom 1
B
broadcom 2
C
computer_associates 3
U
unicenter 4
C
ca 1

Reference Links

http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/3/28.aspx http://secunia.com/advisories/29408 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489893/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490263/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28268 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019617 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0902/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41225 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5264 http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2008/3/28.aspx http://secunia.com/advisories/29408 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489893/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490263/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28268 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019617 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0902/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41225 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5264
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1472 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16577
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5264
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.