Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Chilkat Software Chilkat Zip ActiveX control in ChilkatZip2.dll 12.4.2.0 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) SaveLastError method and probably the (2) WriteExe method.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Chilkat Zip ActiveX Component 12.4 - Multiple Insecure Methods EDB-4160 · remote · Jul 7, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4160 exploit
- 37676 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-2464 vdb-entry
- 48967 third-party-advisory
- chilkat-zip-chilkatzip2-file-overwrite(35294) vdb-entry
- 25962 third-party-advisory
- 24806 vdb-entry
- 48968 third-party-advisory