THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6959
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6959

Chilkat Socket vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Insecure method vulnerability in the Chilkat Socket ActiveX control (ChilkatSocket.ChilkatSocket.1) in ChilkatSocket.dll 2.3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveLastError method. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2008-1647.
Affected vendor
Chilkatsoft
Affected product
Chilkat Socket
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2009-08-12

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 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6959

  • Confirm whether Chilkatsoft Chilkat Socket is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6959.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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