CVE-2008-1885 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-1885

Directory traversal vulnerability in the NeffyLauncher 1.0.5 ActiveX control (NeffyLauncher.dll)...

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the NeffyLauncher 1.0.5 ActiveX control (NeffyLauncher.dll) in CDNetworks Nefficient Download allows remote attackers to download arbitrary code onto a client system via a .. (dot dot) in the SkinPath parameter and a .zip URL in the HttpSkin parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

download client
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: April 18th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.