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high 8.8

CVE-2008-4919 json

Insecure method vulnerability in VISAGESOFT eXPert PDF Viewer X ActiveX control (VSPDFViewerX.ocx) 3.0.990.0 allows remote attackers to ove…

published 2008-11-04 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4898

cvss
8.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Insecure method vulnerability in VISAGESOFT eXPert PDF Viewer X ActiveX control (VSPDFViewerX.ocx) 3.0.990.0 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the savePageAsBitmap method.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6875)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6875 Visagesoft eXPert PDF ViewerX - 'VSPDFViewerX.ocx' File Overwrite remote, 2008-10-29
  • securityreason.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4558 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 8.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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