CVE-2008-3957
The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force...
The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files onto a client system via a URL in the first argument to the Open method, in conjunction with a full destination pathname in the first argument to the Save method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files onto a client system via a URL in the first argument to the Open method, in conjunction with a full destination pathname in the first argument to the Save method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
CVE-2008-3957- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files onto a client system via a URL in the first argument to the Open method, in conjunction with a full destination pathname in the first argument to the Save method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
CVE-2008-3957- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3942 No score
The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files onto a client system via a URL in the first argument to the Open method, in conjunction with a full destination pathname in the first argument to the Save method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
EUVD-2008-3942- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m2qj-j28g-pjh9 No score
The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force...
The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files onto a client system via a URL in the first argument to the Open method, in conjunction with a full destination pathname in the first argument to the Save method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
GHSA-m2qj-j28g-pjh9- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Windows - Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite (1) | 2008-09-08 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Windows - Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Overwrite (2) | 2008-09-08 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-3957 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger, published September 9, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.8%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.