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CVE-2008-2470

• 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: none known
• Published: 2008-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The InstallShield Update Service Agent ActiveX control in isusweb.dll allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and browser crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a call to ExecuteRemote with a URL that results in a 404 error response.

Affected products

• Macrovision Flexnet Connect: 6.0

References

• http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q113020
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/630017
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31235
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2625
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45248
• http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q113020
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/630017
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31235
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2625
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45248

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