CVE-2007-4252 — 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

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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 Aug 8, 2007

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.76%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.76% 0.01759

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01759

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (15 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.76% (0.01759)	77.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.76% (0.01759)	74.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 7, 2025	4.88% (0.04882)	89.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.80% (0.02797)	85.16th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.36% (0.01360)	86.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2024	1.36% (0.01360)	86.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 4, 2024	1.41% (0.01414)	86.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 10, 2024	1.70% (0.01696)	86.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 3, 2023	1.45% (0.01453)	85.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 14, 2023	1.49% (0.01490)	85.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 9, 2023	1.48% (0.01476)	84.97th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.49% (0.01486)	84.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/40110
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25205
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35812
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4255
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/40110		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25205		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35812		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4255		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 8, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 8, 2007

Link CVE-2007-4252

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-4252

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-4252