CVE-2008-3156

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 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: 2008-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The ActiveScan ActiveX Control (as2guiie.dll) in Panda ActiveScan before 1.02.00 allows remote attackers to download and execute arbitrary cabinet (CAB) files via unspecified URLs passed to the Update method.

Affected products

Panda Activescan: 2.0

References

http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/panda.tgz
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-July/063061.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-July/063068.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30841
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30086
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020432
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2008/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43587
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6004
http://karol.wiesek.pl/files/panda.tgz
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-July/063061.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-July/063068.html

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