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CVE-2007-3633 (GCVE-0-2007-3633)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-10 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:21
VLAI
Summary
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Chilkat Software Chilkat Zip ActiveX control in ChilkatZip2.dll 12.4.2.0 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) SaveLastError method and probably the (2) WriteExe method.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://osvdb.org/37676 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24806 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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Date Public
2007-07-07 00:00
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