CVE-2008-4919

Exp

Insecure method vulnerability in VISAGESOFT eXPert PDF Viewer X ActiveX control (VSPDFViewerX.ocx) 3.0.990.0 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the savePageAsBitmap method.

Published: 2008-11-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4919 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.68%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2008-4919

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6875 exploit_db edb 2008-10-29 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4919

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 2025-12-25 5.17% 5.68% +0.51%
2 2025-12-18 2.85% 5.17% +2.32%
3 2025-11-04 2.85%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4919

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4919

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4919

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
visagesoft expert_pdf_viewer_activex 3.0.990.0 cpe:2.3:a:visagesoft:expert_pdf_viewer_activex:3.0.990.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4919

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