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CVE-2011-1036

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine...

8.8 High

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before 8.1.0.88, and the client before 1.6.450, in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, as used in CA Internet Security Suite (ISS) 2010, allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via vectors involving the SetXml and Save methods.

Exploit likelihood

2.55%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before 8.1.0.88, and the client before 1.6.450, in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, as used in CA Internet Security Suite (ISS) 2010, allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via vectors involving the SetXml and Save methods.

Record
CVE-2011-1036
CVSS 2.0
8.8 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before 8.1.0.88, and the client before 1.6.450, in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, as used in CA Internet Security Suite (ISS) 2010, allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via vectors involving the SetXml and Save methods.

Record
CVE-2011-1036
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-1052 No score

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before 8.1.0.88, and the client before 1.6.450, in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, as used in CA Internet Security Suite (ISS) 2010, allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via vectors involving the SetXml and Save methods.

Record
EUVD-2011-1052
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gr37-qg3m-8xqp No score

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine...

The XML Security Database Parser class in the XMLSecDB ActiveX control in the HIPSEngine component in the Management Server before 8.1.0.88, and the client before 1.6.450, in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, as used in CA Internet Security Suite (ISS) 2010, allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary program onto a client machine, and execute this program, via vectors involving the SetXml and Save methods.

Record
GHSA-gr37-qg3m-8xqp
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2011-1036 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ca Host-based Intrusion Prevention System, published February 25, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.55%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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