CVE-2008-4926 — Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in MW6 Technologies PDF417 ActiveX control (MW6PDF417Lib.PDF417, MW6PDF417.dll) 3.0.0.1 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname argument to the (1) SaveAsBMP and (2) SaveAsWMF methods

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Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in MW6 Technologies PDF417 ActiveX control (MW6PDF417Lib.PDF417, MW6PDF417.dll) 3.0.0.1 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname argument to the (1) SaveAsBMP and (2) SaveAsWMF methods

Published Nov 4, 2008

9.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.07%

Description

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in MW6 Technologies PDF417 ActiveX control (MW6PDF417Lib.PDF417, MW6PDF417.dll) 3.0.0.1 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname argument to the (1) SaveAsBMP and (2) SaveAsWMF methods.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.07% 0.07072

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

EPSS probability 0.07072

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	7.07% (0.07072)	94.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.07% (0.07072)	93.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.91% (0.01914)	82.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.61% (0.00607)	79.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 9, 2024	0.61% (0.00607)	78.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.69% (0.00691)	79.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 15, 2023	0.69% (0.00691)	77.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 5, 2023	0.65% (0.00654)	76.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 24, 2023	0.61% (0.00609)	75.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.48% (0.00479)	72.07th	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 (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/32425
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31983
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6873
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32425		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31983		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6873		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 4, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 4, 2008

Link CVE-2008-4926

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-4926

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-4926