CVE-2008-4729

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Hummingbird.XWebHostCtrl.1 ActiveX control (hclxweb.dll) in Hummingbird Xweb ActiveX Control 13.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PlainTextPassword property. NOTE: code execution might not be possible in 13.0.

Published: 2008-10-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4729 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.30%, 92th 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-2008-4729

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6761 exploit_db edb 2008-10-16 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4729

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 2025-12-13 9.09% 8.30% -0.78%
2 2025-03-30 11.06% 9.09% -1.98%
3 2025-03-29 — 11.06% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4729

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-2008-4729

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4729

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hummingbird exceed <= 13.0 cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:exceed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hummingbird exceed 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:exceed:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hummingbird exceed 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:exceed:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hummingbird exceed 2006 cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:exceed:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hummingbird exceed 2007 cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:exceed:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hummingbird exceed_powersuite — cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:exceed_powersuite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4729

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