CVE-2008-5002

no score yetEPSS 41%

chilkat software chilkat crypt activex control: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insecure method vulnerability in the ChilkatCrypt2.ChilkatCrypt2.1 ActiveX control (ChilkatCrypt2.dll 4.3.2.1) in Chilkat Crypt ActiveX Component allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via the WriteFile method. NOTE: this could be leveraged for code execution by creating executable files in Startup folders or by accessing files using hcp:// URLs. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

EPSS: 41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2008-11-10
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

chilkat_software:chilkat_crypt_activex_control

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32513
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4571
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32073
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2998
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46315

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