CVE-2008-4388
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 37.7%EU EUVD
The LaunchObj ActiveX control before 5.2.2.865 in launcher.dll in Symantec AppStream Client 5.2.x before 5.2.2 SP3 MP1 does not properly validate downloaded files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the installAppMgr method and unspecified other methods.
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
- 37.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4369)
- Published
- January 20, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4369 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / appstream client
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021609
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/194505(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33247
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.01.15.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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