CA Service Metric Analysis up to R11.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CA Service Metric Analysis up to R11.1. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-0043. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CA Service Metric Analysis up to R11.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The smmsnmpd service in CA Service Metric Analysis r11.0 through r11.1 SP1 and Service Level Management 3.5 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2009. The weakness was presented 01/08/2009 by Tenable Network Security with Tenable Network Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.ca.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0043 since 01/07/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35308 (TCL Shell (tclsh) Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47800), Exploit-DB (32711), Tenable (35308), SecurityFocus (BID 33161†) and OSVDB (51189†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 35308
Nessus Name: TCL Shell (tclsh) Arbitrary Command Execution
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: support.ca.com
Researcher: Tenable Network Security
Organization: Tenable Network Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0043 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45823
X-Force: 47800
SecurityFocus: 33161 - Multiple CA Service Management Products Unspecified Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 51189 - Multiple CA Service Management Products - Unspecified Remote Command Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20449 - CA Service Metric Analysis and Service Level Management smmsnmpd Service Remote Code Execution, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-0053

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/16/2025 15:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (57), 08/23/2019 16:10 (15), 11/16/2025 15:22 (21)
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