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CVE-2008-5002

N/A

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/10/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

chilkat_software:chilkat_crypt_activex_control

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32513(cve@mitre.org)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32513(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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