VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-2434

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability7.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-12-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in Housecall_ActiveX.dll allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary library file onto a client system via a "custom update server" argument. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references