CVE-2008-0952

Instant Support vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

5.5%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

The AppendStringToFile function in the HPISDataManagerLib.Datamgr ActiveX control in HPISDataManager.dll in HP Instant Support before 1.0.0.24 allows remote attackers to create files with arbitrary content via a full pathname in the first argument and the content in the second argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5608 and CVE-2008-0953.

Affected vendor

Affected product

Instant Support

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2008-06-04

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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