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CA eTrust Admin GINA Component Privilege Escalation
Secunia Advisory: SA24441
Release Date: 2007-03-09
Popularity: 6,575 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:CA eTrust Admin 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-1345


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in CA eTrust Admin, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the CA eTrust Admin GINA component. This can be exploited to bypass certain authentication mechanisms via the password reset interface.

The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* CA eTrust Admin 8.1 SP2 (8.1.2)
* CA eTrust Admin 8.1 SP1 (8.1.1)
* CA eTrust Admin 8.1 (8.1.0)

Solution:
Update to 8.1 SP2 CR6 or later.
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/...dmo/downloads/etrustadmin-updates.asp

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
CA:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=101038


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