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Vulnerability · CVE-2008-7168

UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control Remote File Manipulation

Published Sep 8, 2009 · catalog updated Sep 8, 2009 · UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control

Patch now

CVE-2008-7168 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
5.65%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor uusee uusee

Insecure method vulnerability in the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control (UUUpgrade.ocx 3.0.2.12) allows remote attackers to force the download and overwrite of arbitrary files via crafted arguments to the Update method, as exploited in the wild in June 2009.

Are you affected?

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How to fix CVE-2008-7168

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2008-7168 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 5.65%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 8, 2009 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Insecure method vulnerability in the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control (UUUpgrade.ocx 3.0.2.12) allows remote attackers to force the download and overwrite of arbitrary files via crafted arguments to the Update method, as exploited in the wild in June 2009.

  2. Sep 8, 2009 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2008-7168

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2008-7168

    30-day exploitation probability 5.6%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2008-7168

    Insecure method vulnerability in the UUSee UUUpgrade ActiveX control (UUUpgrade.ocx 3.0.2.12) allows remote attackers to force the download and overwrite of arbitrary files via crafted arguments to the Update method, as exploited in the wild in June 2009.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.