{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6496 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2008-6496 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-6496 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-6496 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6496 exists.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6496/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-6496","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6496/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-6496","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rvvw-vp4r-8q5f"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"PDF Editor ActiveX","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via the extractPagesToFile method in the VSPDFEditorX ActiveX control, requiring user interaction.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"expert_pdf_editorx","vendor":"visagesoft"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"description":"Insecure method vulnerability in the VSPDFEditorX.VSPDFEdit ActiveX control in VSPDFEditorX.ocx 1.0.200.0 in VISAGESOFT eXPert PDF EditorX allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via the first argument to the extractPagesToFile method.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2008-12-05","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2008-12-05","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"7358","stars":null,"title":"Visagesoft eXPert PDF EditorX - 'VSPDFEditorX.ocx' Insecure Method"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-6496","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2008"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-6497"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-6495"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2009-03-20","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via the extractPagesToFile method in the VSPDFEditorX ActiveX control, requiring user interaction.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6496/"}