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CVE-2008-4050

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A certain ActiveX control in fwRemoteCfg.dll 3.3.3.1 in Friendly Technologies FriendlyPPPoE Client 3.0.0.57 allows remote attackers to (1) create and read arbitrary registry values via the RegistryValue method, and (2) read arbitrary files via the GetTextFile method.

Affected products

• Friendly Technologies Friendly Pppoe Client: 3.0.0.57

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31644
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4244
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30939
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30940
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44787
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6334
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31644
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4244
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30939
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30940
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44787
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6334

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