CVE-2008-7168

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control (UUUpgrade.ocx 3.0.2.12) allows remote attackers to force the download and overwrite of arbitrary files via crafted arguments to the Update method, as exploited in the wild in June 2009.

Affected products

Uusee: 4.0.0.32_2008
Uusee Uuupgrade.Ocx: 3.0.2.12

References

http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/29963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29963
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43428
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/29963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29963
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43428

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