THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5492
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5492

Verydoc Pdf Viewer vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
35.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PDFVIEW.PdfviewCtrl.1 ActiveX control in pdfview.ocx 2.0.0.1 in VeryDOC PDF Viewer OCX Control allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the OpenPDF method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Verypdf
Affected product
Verydoc Pdf Viewer
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
2008-12-12

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 35.3% 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-2008-5492

  • Confirm whether Verypdf Verydoc Pdf Viewer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5492.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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