Insecure method vulnerability in the Chilkat Socket ActiveX control (ChilkatSocket.ChilkatSocket.1)...

9.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Critical 9.3

Affected Vendor

chilkatsoft

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Affected Software

chilkat socket

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: August 12th, 2009

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.