CVE-2008-4923

Aztec Activex vulnerability

CVSS

9.0

EPSS

7.1%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in MW6 Technologies Aztec ActiveX control (AZTECLib.MW6Aztec, Aztec.dll) 3.0.0.1 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname argument to the (1) SaveAsBMP and (2) SaveAsWMF methods.

Affected vendor

Mw6 Technologies

Affected product

Aztec Activex

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2008-11-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Mw6 Technologies Aztec Activex is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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