CVE-2008-1647
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 7.0% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1648)
- Published
- April 2, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1648 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- chilkat software / chilkathttp activex
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29581(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28546(Exploit)
- http://www.shinnai.altervista.org/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=Security&argument=Remote_performed_exploits&topic=1207033569.ff.php(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1050/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45988
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5338
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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