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CVE-2008-5002

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 40.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the ChilkatCrypt2.ChilkatCrypt2.1 ActiveX control (ChilkatCrypt2.dll 4.3.2.1) in Chilkat Crypt ActiveX Component allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via the WriteFile method. NOTE: this could be leveraged for code execution by creating executable files in Startup folders or by accessing files using hcp:// URLs. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Chilkat Software Chilkat Crypt Activex Control: 2.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32513
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32513
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6963

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