CVE-2007-4252

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2007-4252 · Published 08/08/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4252 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting asp string (chilkat software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
asp string chilkat_software	`= 1.1`	No fix yet

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in CkString.dll 1.1 and earlier in CHILKAT ASP String allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the first argument to the SaveToFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3633.

References

osvdb.org/40110
securityfocus.com/bid/25205
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35812
exploit-db.com/exploits/4255

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