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CVE-2008-2283

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IDAutomation allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the argument to the (1) SaveBarCode and (2) SaveEnhWMF methods in (a) the IDAuto.BarCode.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationLinear6.dll (aka IDAutomation Linear BarCode) 1.6.0.6, (b) the IDAuto.Datamatrix.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationDMATRIX6.DLL (aka IDautomation Datamatrix Barcode) 1.6.0.6, (c) the IDAuto.PDF417.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationPDF417_6.dll (aka IDautomation PDF417 Barcode) 1.6.0.6, and (d) the IDAuto.Aztec.1 ActiveX control in IDAutomationAZTEC.dll (aka IDautomation Aztec Barcode) 1.7.1.0.

Affected products

• Idautomation Aztec Barcode: 1.7.1.0
• Idautomation Datamatrix Barcode: 1.6.0.6
• Idautomation Linear Barcode: 1.6.0.6
• Idautomation Pdf417 Barcode: 1.6.0.6

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30246
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29204
• http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=Security&argument=Remote_performed_exploits&topic=1210750552.ff.php&page=last
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42406
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5612
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30246
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29204
• http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=Security&argument=Remote_performed_exploits&topic=1210750552.ff.php&page=last
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42406
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5612

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