{"cve":"CVE-2008-6959","nvd":{"published":"2009-08-12T10:30:01.030","modified":"2026-06-16T23:03:18.953","status":"Modified","description":"Insecure method vulnerability in the Chilkat Socket ActiveX control (ChilkatSocket.ChilkatSocket.1) in ChilkatSocket.dll 2.3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveLastError method.  NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2008-1647.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://osvdb.org/49902","http://secunia.com/advisories/32738","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32333","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46657","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7142"],"products":["chilkatsoft:chilkat_socket"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-6959","score":0.05725,"percentile":0.93042,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}