CVE-2008-3879
The Ultra.OfficeControl ActiveX control in OfficeCtrl.ocx 2.0.2008.801 and earlier in Ultra Shareware Ultra Office Control allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files onto a client system via a URL in the first argument to the Open method, in conjunction with a full destination pathname in the first argument (SaveAsDocument argument) to the Save method.
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
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3865)
- Published
- September 2, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3865 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ultrashareware / ultra office control
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31632(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4201
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30863
- http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=Security&argument=Remote_performed_exploits&topic=1219827906.ff.php(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_NPku7jFjRufaz85U6Lxn.html(Exploit, URL Repurposed)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44750
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6319
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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