CVE-2008-2683 describes a critical vulnerability in the BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control within Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 (BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0). This flaw allows remote attackers to force the download and storage of arbitrary files onto a user's system by manipulating the DownloadImageFileURL method. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring only medium attack complexity and no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available through Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:black_ice:barcode_sdk:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.