CVE-2008-3957 describes a critical vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control, allowing remote attackers to force arbitrary file downloads onto a client system. This is achieved by manipulating the Open and Save methods with specific URLs and file paths. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating network-based attacks with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_image_acquisition_logger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.