CVE-2008-1647

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

02/04/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The ChilkatHttp.ChilkatHttp.1 and ChilkatHttp.ChilkatHttpRequest.1 ActiveX controls in ChilkatHttp.dll 2.4.0.0, 2.3.0.0, and earlier in ChilkatHttp ActiveX expose the unsafe SaveLastError method, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:chilkat_software:chilkathttp_activex::::::::		2.3.0.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:chilkat_software:chilkathttp_activex::::::::		2.4.0.0 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2008-1647

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools