CVE-2012-5973

Published Dec 10, 2012

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
CA XCOM Data Transport r11.0 and r11.5 on UNIX and Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted request.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
10
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-94

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Evaluator

Comment
-
Impact
Per http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2012/12/05/ca20121205-01-security-notice-for-ca-xcom-data-transport-on-unix-and-linux.aspx: "I published a new security notice today for a remote command execution vulnerability reported by Jurgens van der Merwe and Junaid Loonat from SensePost that affects the Unix and Linux versions of XCOM Data Transport. This notice has a risk rating of high due to the possibility of total server compromise"
Solution
Per http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2012/12/05/ca20121205-01-security-notice-for-ca-xcom-data-transport-on-unix-and-linux.aspx: "I published a new security notice today for a remote command execution vulnerability reported by Jurgens van der Merwe and Junaid Loonat from SensePost that affects the Unix and Linux versions of XCOM Data Transport. This notice has a risk rating of high due to the possibility of total server compromise"

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