9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-2434
Trend Micro HouseCall Unsecured ActiveX Library Downloading Vulnerability
Description

The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in Housecall_ActiveX.dll allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary library file onto a client system via a "custom update server" argument. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 23, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-2434 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Trend_micro housecall

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-2434 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-2434 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1038646&id=EN-1038646
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/50941
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31337
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4802
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47524 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2434 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2434 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

44.87 }} 15.71%

score

0.97459

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability