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CVE-2007-4252

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in CkString.dll 1.1 and earlier in CHILKAT ASP String allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the first argument to the SaveToFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3633.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Chilkat Software — ASP String

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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