CVE-2007-4252

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in CkString.dll 1.1 and earlier in CHILKAT ASP String allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the first argument to the SaveToFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3633.

Affected products

Chilkat Software Asp String: 1.1

References

http://osvdb.org/40110
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25205
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35812
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4255
http://osvdb.org/40110
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25205
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35812
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4255

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