CVE-2008-4584

Exp

Insecure method vulnerability in Chilkat Mail 7.8 ActiveX control (ChilkatCert.dll) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the SaveLastError method.

Published: 2008-10-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4584 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.72%, 91th percentile). 2 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-2008-4584

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7594 exploit_db edb 2008-12-28 Exploit-DB ↗
5005 exploit_db edb 2008-01-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4584

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 3.80% 4.72% +0.93%
2 2025-12-05 2.86% 3.80% +0.94%
3 2025-10-15 — 2.86% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4584

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4584

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4584

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
chilkat_software mail 7.8 cpe:2.3:a:chilkat_software:mail:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4584

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