CVE-2008-2434

The Trend Micro HouseCall ActiveX control 6.51.0.1028 and 6.6.0.1278 in Housecall_ActiveX.dll allows remote attackers to download an arbitrary library file onto a client system via a "custom update server" argument. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

• CWE-94

• http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1038646&id=EN-1038646Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/50941
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31337Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4802
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025US Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524
• http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1038646&id=EN-1038646Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/50941
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31337Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-32/Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4802
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541025US Government Resource
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499495/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32965
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3464
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47524

Published

Dec 23, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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