CVE-2008-1885

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the NeffyLauncher 1.0.5 ActiveX control (NeffyLauncher.dll) in CDNetworks Nefficient Download allows remote attackers to download arbitrary code onto a client system via a .. (dot dot) in the SkinPath parameter and a .zip URL in the HttpSkin parameter. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Affected products

cdnetworks Download Client: all versions

References

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0065.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29692
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28666
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1186
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41743
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5397
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0065.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29692
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28666
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1186
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41743
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5397

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