LogMeIn Remote Access Utility ActiveX control (RACtrl.dll) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by setting the fgcolor and bgcolor properties to certain long values that trigger memory corruption.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-7053 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.54%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6326 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-08-29 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 22.92% | 6.54% | -16.37% |
| 2 | 2026-03-12 | 18.75% | 22.92% | +4.17% |
| 3 | 2026-01-13 | — | 18.75% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
LogMeIn is aware of the CVE-2008-7053 issue and has resolved it on 9/3/2008. The fix is included in LogMeIn ActiveX Plugin since version 392-G2.”
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| logmein | ractrl.dll | — | cpe:2.3:a:logmein:ractrl.dll:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |