CVE-2008-2434 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-2434

The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in...

Vulnerability Description

The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in Housecall_ActiveX.dll allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary library file onto a client system via a "custom update server" argument. 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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

trend micro

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Affected Software

housecall
Vulnerable Versions:
6.6, 6.6.0.1278, 6.51.0.1028

Timeline

Official Publish: December 23rd, 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.