CVE-2008-4342

Public Exploit

Description

NuMedia Soft NMS DVD Burning SDK Activex NMSDVDX.DVDEngineX.1 ActiveX control (NMSDVDX.dll) 1.013C and earlier, as used in CDBurnerXP 4.2.1.976, BurnAware 2.1.3, Blaze Media Pro 8.02 Special Edition, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to overwrite and create arbitrary files via calls to the EnableLog and LogMessage methods. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by accessing files using hcp:// URLs.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 26.71% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31936 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_TrWE9AJA8nQpuFsnxBcq exploit url repurposed
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6491 exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2663 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497831/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45330 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32455 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31949 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31374 vdb entry exploit
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_numedia_xpl.html exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/31950 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4342?
CVE-2008-4342 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4342?
To fix CVE-2008-4342, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4342 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4342 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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