CVE-2008-2434
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.0%EU EUVD
The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in Housecall_ActiveX.dll allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary library file onto a client system via a "custom update server" argument. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
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-94
- EPSS score
- 7.0% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2429)
- Published
- December 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2429 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- trend micro / housecall
- trend micro / housecall
- trend micro / housecall
References
- http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1038646&id=EN-1038646(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/50941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31337(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4802
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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