CVE-2008-4749 — Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the VImpX.VImpAX ActiveX control (VImpX.ocx) 4.8.8.0 in DB Software Laboratory VImp X, possibly 4.7.7, allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the LogFile property and ClearLogFile method, and (2) the SaveToFile method

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Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the VImpX.VImpAX ActiveX control (VImpX.ocx) 4.8.8.0 in DB Software Laboratory VImp X, possibly 4.7.7, allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the LogFile property and ClearLogFile method, and (2) the SaveToFile method

Published Oct 27, 2008

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.03%

Description

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the VImpX.VImpAX ActiveX control (VImpX.ocx) 4.8.8.0 in DB Software Laboratory VImp X, possibly 4.7.7, allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) the LogFile property and ClearLogFile method, and (2) the SaveToFile method.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.03% 0.03027

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

EPSS probability 0.03027

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 (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.03% (0.03027)	87.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.03% (0.03027)	85.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 18, 2025	5.12% (0.05117)	89.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	2.27% (0.02271)	83.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.60% (0.05596)	83.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.44% (0.02440)	84.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.64% (0.00638)	79.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.64% (0.00638)	78.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.64% (0.00638)	75.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4509
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31907
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46096
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6828
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4509		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31907		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46096		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6828		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 27, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 27, 2008

Link CVE-2008-4749

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-4749

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-4749