CVE-2008-2241 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup versions 11.0, 11.1, and 11.5, as well as related Broadcom products. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to append arbitrary data to arbitrary files on the system by injecting directory traversal sequences into unspecified input fields that are used in log messages. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be leveraged for remote code execution by writing to startup or configuration files. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:server_protection_suite:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:brightstor_arcserve_backup:r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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