PT-2008-5801 · Chilkat · Chilkat Mail+1

Darkl0Rd · Published 2008-10-15 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-4584

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Chilkat Mail version 7.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by providing a full pathname to the SaveLastError method. This method is part of the ChilkatCert.dll ActiveX control.

Recommendations For version 7.8, consider disabling the SaveLastError method until a patch is available to prevent remote attackers from overwriting arbitrary files.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4584

Affected Products

Chilkat Mail

Chilkatcert.Dll

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7594 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5005 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4584 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27493 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40041 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4424 · Note