FKIE_CVE-2008-2434
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-23 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:53
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| trend_micro | housecall | 6.6 | |
| trend_micro | housecall | 6.6.0.1278 | |
| trend_micro | housecall | 6.51.0.1028 |
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