HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0465

All In The Box.Ocx vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The SaveDoc method in the All_In_The_Box.AllBox ActiveX control in ALL_IN_THE_BOX.OCX in Synactis ALL In-The-Box ActiveX 3 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via an argument ending in a '\0' character, which bypasses the intended .box filename extension, as demonstrated by a C:\boot.ini\0 argument.
Affected vendor
Synactis
Affected product
All In The Box.Ocx
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2009-02-10

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 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-0465

  • Confirm whether Synactis All In The Box.Ocx is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0465.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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