{"id":"CVE-2007-4252","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-4252","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:39:49.572Z","title":"Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in CkString.dll 1.1 and earlier in CHILKAT ASP String allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the first argument to the SaveToFile method, a…","description":"Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in CkString.dll 1.1 and earlier in CHILKAT ASP String allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the first argument to the SaveToFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3633.","published":"2007-08-08T23:17:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:43:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["chilkat software/asp string"],"epss":{"score":0.01759,"percentile":0.77817,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2007-08-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":4255,"kind":"exploit","title":"CHILKAT ASP String - 'CkString.dll 1.1 SaveToFile()' Insecure Method","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4255","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/4255.html","file":"exploits/windows/remote/4255.html","published":"2007-08-05","added":"2007-08-04","updated":null,"author":"shinnai","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-40110","CVE-2007-4252"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/40110","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25205","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35812","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4255","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/40110","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25205","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35812","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4255","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4252","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}