CVE-2008-2683

Exp

The BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to force the download and storage of arbitrary files by specifying the origin URL in the first argument to the DownloadImageFileURL method, and the local filename in the second argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-06-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2683 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 34.76%, 98th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2683

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
17424 exploit_db edb 2011-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗
17415 exploit_db edb 2011-06-20 Exploit-DB ↗
5750 exploit_db edb 2008-06-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2683

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 79.40% 34.76% -44.64%
2 2025-03-30 81.19% 79.40% -1.79%
3 2025-03-29 — 81.19% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2683

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2683

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2683

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
black_ice barcode_sdk 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:black_ice:barcode_sdk:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2683

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