CVE-2008-4583

N/A

Published: October 15, 2008 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorFTP

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 6%

Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the Chilkat FTP 2.0 ActiveX component (ChilkatCert.dll) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the SavePkcs8File method.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FTP · Chilkat

95%

2.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON

Source: [email protected]

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4427

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27540

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Source: [email protected]

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5028

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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