Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5002

Title: Chilkat Software Chilkat Crypt Activex Control Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5002

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Nov 10, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
40.65%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

C
chilkat_software 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/32513 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963 http://secunia.com/advisories/32513 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5002 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16518
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.