CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5002
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• chilkat software chilkat crypt activex control 2.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32513 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963 www.exploit-db.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32513 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963 www.exploit-db.com