HIGH
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
Published Dec 23, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.00%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 6.6
- 6.6.0.1278
- 6.51.0.1028
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.00% 0.06998
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06998
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.00% (0.06998) | 93.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.00% (0.06998) | 93.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 29.33% (0.29328) | 96.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 7, 2025 | 34.90% (0.34903) | 96.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | 24.93% (0.24935) | 95.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 23.23% (0.23230) | 95.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 33.59% (0.33588) | 95.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 23.23% (0.23230) | 95.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | 35.94% (0.35937) | 97.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 26.38% (0.26383) | 96.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 27.77% (0.27768) | 96.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 44.87% (0.44873) | 97.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 28, 2024 | 29.17% (0.29166) | 96.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 30.31% (0.30313) | 96.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1038646&id=EN-1038646 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/50941 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31337 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4802 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1038646&id=EN-1038646 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/50941 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31337 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4802 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner flexera
Published Dec 23, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 27, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2434
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a