Security readout for executives and security teams
CA Unified Infrastructure Management 20.1 and earlier has a local privilege-escalation issue in the robot controller component. An attacker who already has local access could gain higher privileges on affected systems. The public bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, exploit details, or a named fixed release. Exposure is most likely on hosts running CA Unified Infrastructure Management robot/controller components at version 20.1 or earlier. Risk depends on who can obtain local access to those systems. Treat this as a targeted infrastructure-management risk. It is not documented as actively exploited here, but affected monitoring hosts can be high-value because elevated access may support broader operational compromise. Mitigation focus: Inventory CA UIM robot/controller deployments and record exact versions.; Check Broadcom advisory CA20201116-01 for supported fixes or workarounds.; Prioritize systems where many users or automation jobs have local access..
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- https://support.broadcom.com/external/content/security-advisories/CA20201116-01-Security-Notice-for-CA-Unified-Infrastructure-Management/16565CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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