4.3med
CVE-2007-42521 exploit
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in CkString.dll 1.1 and earlier in CHILKAT ASP String allows remote atta…
Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in CkString.dll 1.1 and earlier in CHILKAT ASP String allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the first argument to the SaveToFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3633.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-4255 CHILKAT ASP String - 'CkString.dll 1.1 SaveToFile()' Insecure Method · remote · 2007-08-05
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/35812 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/25205 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- osvdb.org /40110 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/4255 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2007-4252
- NVD: CVE-2007-4252
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