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CVE-2008-6959

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 5.73% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-08-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-6959
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.73%

Original NVD Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the Chilkat Socket ActiveX control (ChilkatSocket.ChilkatSocket.1) in ChilkatSocket.dll 2.3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via the SaveLastError method. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2008-1647.