CVE-2016-9795: Broadcom Ca Workload Automation Ae

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The casrvc program in CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation 12.8, 12.9, and 14.0; CA SystemEDGE 5.8.2 and 5.9; CA Systems Performance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Universal Job Management Agent 11.2; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Workload Automation AE 11, 11.3, 11.3.5, and 11.3.6 on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via vectors related to insufficient validation.

Affected products

• Broadcom Ca Workload Automation Ae: version 11.0 only; version 11.3 only; version 11.3.5 only; version 11.3.6 only
• Broadcom Client Automation: version 12.8 only; version 12.9 only; version 14.0 only
• Broadcom Systemedge: version 5.8.2 only; version 5.9 only
• Broadcom Systems Performance For Infrastructure Managers: version 12.8 only; version 12.9 only
• Ca Universal Job Management Agent: version 11.2 only
• Ca Virtual Assurance For Infrastructure Managers: version 12.8 only; version 12.9 only

Published 2017-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.