HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4652

Powertcp Ftp For Activex vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
10.1%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the ActiveX control (DartFtp.dll) in Dart Communications PowerTCP FTP for ActiveX 2.0.2 0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SecretKey property.
Affected vendor
Dart
Affected product
Powertcp Ftp For Activex
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-10-22

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 10.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4652

  • Confirm whether Dart Powertcp Ftp For Activex is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4652.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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