CVE-2008-6959

no score yetEPSS 5.7%

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.

EPSS: 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2009-08-12
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

chilkatsoft:chilkat_socket

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

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