CVE-2008-5002

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.

CVSS v2.0

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

40.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2008-11-10

Updated

2024-08-07

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/chilkat_crypt_wr…

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16518
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2008-5000
• CVE-2008-5003
• CVE-2008-4999
• CVE-2008-5004
• CVE-2008-4932
• CVE-2008-5010