CVE-2008-0952

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The AppendStringToFile function in the HPISDataManagerLib.Datamgr ActiveX control in HPISDataManager.dll in HP Instant Support before 1.0.0.24 allows remote attackers to create files with arbitrary content via a full pathname in the first argument and the content in the second argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5608 and CVE-2008-0953.

Affected products

HP Instant Support: through 1.0.0.23

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30516
http://www.csis.dk/dk/forside/CSIS-RI-0003.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/190939
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29526
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29535
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020165
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1740/references
http://www12.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01422264
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42834
http://secunia.com/advisories/30516
http://www.csis.dk/dk/forside/CSIS-RI-0003.pdf
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/190939

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