National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6496
Original release date:03/20/2009
Last revised:07/21/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Insecure method vulnerability in the VSPDFEditorX.VSPDFEdit ActiveX control in VSPDFEditorX.ocx 1.0.200.0 in VISAGESOFT eXPert PDF EditorX allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via the first argument to the extractPagesToFile method.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
9.2
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: expertpdfeditorx-activex-file-overwrite(47166)
External Source: BID
Name: 32664
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 7358
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32990
Type: Advisory