CVE-2008-0237 (GCVE-0-2008-0237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-01-11 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:39
VLAI
Summary
The Microsoft Rich Textbox ActiveX Control (RICHTX32.OCX) 6.1.97.82 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by invoking the insecure SaveFile method.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-01-09 00:00
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