01 Record
CVE-2008-4584
Insecure method vulnerability in Chilkat Mail 7.8 ActiveX control (ChilkatCert.dll) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the SaveLastError method.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Insecure method vulnerability in Chilkat Mail 7.8 ActiveX control (ChilkatCert.dll) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the SaveLastError method.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-15 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c7e1cf7b89e4436365ecfd82f3af8fb49ea7f98df06ab14d320d108c76ca67bc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securityreason.com4424http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4424
- www.securityfocus.com27493http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27493
- www.exploit-db.com5005https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5005
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comchilkatmail-chilkatcert-file-overwrite(40041)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40041