Buffer overflow in Hummingbird Exceed
CVE-2008-4729
Stack-based buffer overflow in Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control (hclxweb.dll) in Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control 13.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PlainTextPassword property. NOTE: code execution might not be possible in 13.0.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.069 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Hummingbird Exceed — versions 9.0, 10.0, 2006
- Hummingbird Exceed Powersuite
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32319 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4505 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45941 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31783 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6761 (exploit)