CVE-2008-1770

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Akamai Download Manager ActiveX control before 2.2.3.6 allows remote attackers to force the download and execution of arbitrary files via a URL parameter containing an encoded LF followed by a malicious target line.

Affected products

Akamai Download Manager: through 2.2.3.5; 2.0.4.4, 2.2.0.0, 2.2.1.0

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-June/062672.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30537
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493077/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493142/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020194
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1746/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42879
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5741
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-June/062672.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30537
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493077/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493142/100/0/threaded

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