CVE-2008-7168

Exp

Insecure method vulnerability in the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control (UUUpgrade.ocx 3.0.2.12) allows remote attackers to force the download and overwrite of arbitrary files via crafted arguments to the Update method, as exploited in the wild in June 2009.

Published: 2009-09-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7168 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7168

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31980 exploit_db edb 2008-06-26 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7168

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 2026-01-28 2.33% 2.07% -0.25%
2 2025-03-30 3.80% 2.33% -1.47%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.80% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7168

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7168

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7168

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
uusee uusee 4.0.0.32_2008 cpe:2.3:a:uusee:uusee:4.0.0.32_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
uusee uuupgrade.ocx 3.0.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:uusee:uuupgrade.ocx:3.0.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7168

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