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CA Unicenter Remote Control Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory:	SA10420	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-12-12
Last Update:	2004-07-06
Popularity:	8,916 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation DoS
Where:	From local network
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	CA ControlIT 5.x CA Unicenter Remote Control 5.x CA Unicenter Remote Control 6.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-0996 CVE-2003-0997 CVE-2003-0998

Description: Two vulnerabilities have been identified in CA Unicenter Remote Control and ControlIT, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges and by malicious people to cause a Denial of Service. According to CA, local users can use the help interface to escalate their privileges. No more information is available. Unicenter Remote Control 6 is also vulnerable to a Denial of Service, which causes the URC host service to consume large amounts of CPU resources. Affected software: Unicenter Remote Control 5.2 Unicenter Remote Control Option 5.1 Unicenter Remote Control Option German Version 5.1 Unicenter Remote Control Option 5.0 Control IT Enterprise Edition 5.1 Control IT Enterprise Edition 5.0 Control IT Advanced Edition 5.0 Unicenter Remote Control 6.0 Solution: Patches are available: Unicenter Remote Control 5.2: ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0204/qo48406/QO48406.CLZ ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0204/qo48406/QO48406.CAZ Unicenter Remote Control Option 5.1: ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0011/qo48410/QO48410.CLZ ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0011/qo48410/QO48410.CAZ Unicenter Remote Control Option German Version 5.1: ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0011/qo48411/QO48411.CLZ ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0011/qo48411/QO48411.CAZ Unicenter Remote Control Option 5.0: ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0002/qo48412/QO48412.CLZ ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0002/qo48412/QO48412.CAZ ControlIT Enterprise Edition 5.1 ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/controlitee/0102/qo48413/QO48413.CCH ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/controlitee/0102/qo48413/QO48413.CAZ ControlIT Enterprise Edition 5.0: ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/controlitee/9910/qo48415/QO48415.CCH ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/controlitee/9910/qo48415/QO48415.CAZ ControlIT Advanced Edition 5.0: ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/controlitae/9909/qo48416/QO48416.CLY ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/controlitae/9909/qo48416/QO48416.CAZ Unicenter Remote Control 6.0: ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0306/qo48417/QO48417.CLZ ftp://ftp.ca.com/CAproducts/unicenter/TNGRCO/nt/0306/qo48417/QO48417.CAZ Changelog: 2004-06-07: Added CVE references. Original Advisory: Important Security Notice Unicenter Remote Control and ControlIT http://support.ca.com/techbases/rp/urc5x-secnote.html http://support.ca.com/techbases/rp/urc6x-secnote.html

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