CVE-2008-4453
The GdPicture (1) Light Imaging Toolkit 4.7.1 GdPicture4S.Imaging ActiveX control (gdpicture4s.ocx) 4.7.0.1 and (2) Pro Imaging SDK 5.7.1 GdPicturePro5S.Imaging ActiveX control (gdpicturepro5s.ocx) 5.7.0.1 allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, and modify arbitrary files via the SaveAsPDF method. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by accessing files using hcp:// URLs. 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-264
- EPSS score
- 10.5% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4434)
- Published
- October 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4434 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dspicture / light imaging toolkit
- dspicture / pro imaging sdk
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31898(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31966(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4355
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31504(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2708
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45536
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6638
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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