CVE-2008-4926

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Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in MW6 Technologies PDF417 ActiveX control (MW6PDF417Lib.PDF417, MW6PDF417.dll) 3.0.0.1 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname argument to the (1) SaveAsBMP and (2) SaveAsWMF methods.

Published: 2008-11-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4926 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.07%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.97% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4926

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6873 exploit_db edb 2008-10-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4926

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 2.10% 7.07% +4.97%
2 2025-12-25 1.93% 2.10% +0.17%
3 2025-11-04 1.93%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4926

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4926

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4926

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mw6_technologies pdf417_activex 3.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mw6_technologies:pdf417_activex:3.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4926

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