CVE-2008-5002 (GCVE-0-2008-5002)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-10 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI
Summary
Insecure method vulnerability in the ChilkatCrypt2.ChilkatCrypt2.1 ActiveX control (ChilkatCrypt2.dll 4.3.2.1) in Chilkat Crypt ActiveX Component allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via the WriteFile method. NOTE: this could be leveraged for code execution by creating executable files in Startup folders or by accessing files using hcp:// URLs. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/32513 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-11-03 00:00
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