CVE-2009-4453 describes an insecure method vulnerability in the SoftCab Sound Converter ActiveX control (sndConverter.ocx) version 1.2, allowing remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but enabling complete integrity and availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:softcab:sound_converter_activex:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.