{"id":"CVE-2008-7168","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-7168","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:01.270Z","title":"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.","description":"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":"2009-09-08T10:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:03:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["uusee/uusee","uusee/uuupgrade.ocx"],"epss":{"score":0.05647,"percentile":0.9291,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-06-26","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":31980,"kind":"exploit","title":"UUSee 2008 - UUUpgrade ActiveX Control 'Update' Method Arbitrary File Download","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31980","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/31980.html","file":"exploits/windows/remote/31980.html","published":"2008-06-26","added":"2008-06-26","updated":"2014-02-28","author":"Symantec","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-7168","OSVDB-57819"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29963/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/29963.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29963","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43428","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/29963.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29963","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43428","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7168","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."}