THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-0220
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0220

Cweblaunchctl Activex Control vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
15.7%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the WebLaunch.WeblaunchCtl.1 (aka CWebLaunchCtl) ActiveX control in weblaunch.ocx 1.0.0.1 in Gateway Weblaunch allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the (1) second or (2) fourth argument to the DoWebLaunch method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Gateway
Affected product
Cweblaunchctl Activex Control
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-01-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0220

  • Confirm whether Gateway Cweblaunchctl Activex Control is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0220.
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