THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-2683
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-2683

Barcode Sdk vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
34.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to force the download and storage of arbitrary files by specifying the origin URL in the first argument to the DownloadImageFileURL method, and the local filename in the second argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Black Ice
Affected product
Barcode Sdk
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2008-06-12

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 34.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-2683

  • Confirm whether Black Ice Barcode Sdk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2683.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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