CVE-2008-7168 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-7168

Insecure method vulnerability in the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control (UUUpgrade.ocx...

Vulnerability Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control (UUUpgrade.ocx 3.0.2.12) allows remote attackers to force the download and overwrite of arbitrary files via crafted arguments to the Update method, as exploited in the wild in June 2009.

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.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

uusee, uuupgrade.ocx
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0.32_2008, 3.0.2.12

Timeline

Official Publish: September 8th, 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.