Argument injection vulnerability in orbitmxt.dll 2.1.0.2 in the Orbit Downloader 2.8.7 and earlier ActiveX control allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via whitespace and a command-line switch, followed by a full pathname, in the third argument to the download method.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1064 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.89%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.42% 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8257 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-03-23 | 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 | 2026-05-14 | 1.47% | 2.89% | +1.42% |
| 2 | 2026-03-24 | 1.36% | 1.47% | +0.11% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 1.36% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| orbit_downloader | orbit_downloader | 2.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:orbit_downloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbit_downloader | orbit_downloader | 2.6.4 | cpe:2.3:a:orbit_downloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | <= 2.8.7 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.6.4 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.6.5 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.7.6 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.7.7 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.7.8 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.7.9 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.8.3 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.8.4 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| orbitdownloader | orbit_downloader | 2.8.5 | cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |