Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-6959 - Unspecified vulnerability in Chilkatsoft Chilkat Socket

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
chilkatsoft
critical
exploit available

Summary

Insecure method vulnerability in the Chilkat Socket ActiveX control (ChilkatSocket.ChilkatSocket.1) in ChilkatSocket.dll 2.3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveLastError method. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2008-1647.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Chilkatsoft
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionChilkat Socket activex 2.3.1.1 Remote Arbitrary File Creation Exploit. CVE-2008-6959. Remote exploit for windows platform
fileexploits/windows/remote/7142.html
idEDB-ID:7142
last seen2016-02-01
modified2008-11-17
platformwindows
port
published2008-11-17
reporterZigma
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/7142/
titleChilkat Socket ActiveX 2.3.1.1 - Remote Arbitrary File Creation Exploit
typeremote