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>> CA Products Scan Job Description Field Handling Local Format String Vulnerability
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Title : CA Products Scan Job Description Field Handling Local Format String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2565
CVE ID : CVE-2006-3223
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-06-27
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A vulnerability has been identified in various Computer Associates products, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a format string error in the GUI when processing a scan job containing a malformed description field, which could be exploited by a malicious user to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted scan job.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Deral Heiland
ChangeLog
2006-06-27 : Initial release
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