THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-2283
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-2283

Aztec Barcode vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
IDAutomation allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the argument to the (1) SaveBarCode and (2) SaveEnhWMF methods in (a) the IDAuto.BarCode.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationLinear6.dll (aka IDAutomation Linear BarCode) 1.6.0.6, (b) the IDAuto.Datamatrix.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationDMATRIX6.DLL (aka IDautomation Datamatrix Barcode) 1.6.0.6, (c) the IDAuto.PDF417.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationPDF417_6.dll (aka IDautomation PDF417 Barcode) 1.6.0.6, and (d) the IDAuto.Aztec.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationAZTEC.dll (aka IDautomation Aztec Barcode) 1.7.1.0.
Affected vendor
Idautomation
Affected product
Aztec Barcode
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2008-05-18

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 6.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-2283

  • Confirm whether Idautomation Aztec Barcode is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2283.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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