Vulnerability CVE-2008-4584
Published: 2008-10-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Insecure method vulnerability in Chilkat Mail 7.8 ActiveX control (ChilkatCert.dll) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the SaveLastError method.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Chilkat Mail ActiveX 7.8 (ChilkatCert.dll) Insecure Method Exploit
anon
19.10.2008

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Chilkat software -> MAIL 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/40041
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27493
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5005
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4424
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