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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-2683 in the critical feed json

The BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to force the download and…

published 2008-06-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2678

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
34.8%
EPSS 34.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to force the download and storage of arbitrary files by specifying the origin URL in the first argument to the DownloadImageFileURL method, and the local filename in the second argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/blackice_downloadimagefileurl)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

34.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/blackice_downloadimagefileurl Black Ice Cover Page ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2008-06-05
  • EDB-17424 Black Ice Cover Page - ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (Metasploit) remote, 2011-06-21
  • EDB-17415 Black Ice Cover Page SDK - Insecure Method 'DownloadImageFileURL()' (Metasploit) remote, 2011-06-20
  • EDB-5750 Black Ice Software Inc Barcode SDK - 'BIDIB.ocx' Multiple Vulnerabilities remote, 2008-06-05

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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