CVE-2008-5002

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 10, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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