Insecure method vulnerability in Chilkat Mail 7.8 ActiveX control (ChilkatCert.dll) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files vi…

Published 18 y ago 2008-10-15 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

6.8

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

4.7%

percentile 92%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-7594 Chilkat FTP - ActiveX (SaveLastError) Insecure Method · remote · 2008-12-28
EDB-5005 Chilkat Mail ActiveX 7.8 - 'ChilkatCert.dll' Insecure Method · remote · 2008-01-29

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

References

securityreason.com /securityalert/4424 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/27493 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/5005 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/40041 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-4584
NVD: CVE-2008-4584

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Summary

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

Exploits and detections

CVSS scores

References

Sources