CVE-2008-5002

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-5002

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-11-10T14:12:56

Last Modified Date
2017-09-29T01:32:24

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:chilkat_software:chilkat_crypt_activex_control:2.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9.3

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073
http://secunia.com/advisories/32513	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5002
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5002

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:22:45				Added to TrackCVE