CVE-2008-6959 (GCVE-0-2008-6959)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-12 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:49
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public ?
2008-11-17 00:00
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