CVE-2008-2434 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in Housecall_ActiveX.dll allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary library file onto a client system via a "custom update server" argument. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.34903.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:housecall:6.6::server:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:housecall:6.6.0.1278:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:housecall:6.51.0.1028:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Trend Micro Subscribe	Housecall Subscribe

Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1038646&id=EN-1038646
http://osvdb.org/50941
http://secunia.com/advisories/31337
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4802
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.2323}`	epss `{'score': 0.24935}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2008-12-23T18:13:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:58:02.297Z

Reserved: 2008-05-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2434

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-23T18:30:00.250

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2434

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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