CVE-2007-3633

MEDIUM 6.4CVE-2007-3633 · Published 10/07/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-3633 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability affecting chilkat zip activex control (chilkat software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 86.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chilkat zip activex control chilkat_software	`= 12.4.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Chilkat Software Chilkat Zip ActiveX control in ChilkatZip2.dll 12.4.2.0 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) SaveLastError method and probably the (2) WriteExe method.

References

osvdb.org/37676
secunia.com/advisories/25962
secunia.com/advisories/48967
secunia.com/advisories/48968
securityfocus.com/bid/24806 · Exploit
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2464
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35294
exploit-db.com/exploits/4160

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