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CVE-2008-2283

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2283 describes a critical arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability affecting multiple IDAutomation ActiveX controls, specifically IDAutomation Linear, Datamatrix, PDF417, and Aztec Barcode products. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating the SaveBarCode and SaveEnhWMF methods. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While not currently on the KEV list or showing active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and despite its age, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 indicates significant potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:idautomation:aztec_barcode:1.7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:idautomation:datamatrix_barcode:1.6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:idautomation:linear_barcode:1.6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:idautomation:pdf417_barcode:1.6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5612 · May 14, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0600 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30246
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42406
exploit-db.com / exploits/5612
securityfocus.com / bid/29204
shinnai.altervista.org / index.php