VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-6959

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability5.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-08-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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