CVE-2008-6959

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the Chilkat Socket ActiveX control (ChilkatSocket.ChilkatSocket.1) in ChilkatSocket.dll 2.3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveLastError method. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2008-1647.

Affected products

Chilkatsoft Chilkat Socket: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/49902
http://secunia.com/advisories/32738
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46657
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7142
http://osvdb.org/49902
http://secunia.com/advisories/32738
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46657
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7142

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