CVE-2008-1602
Stack-based buffer overflow in Orbit downloader 2.6.3 and 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long download URL,…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Orbit downloader 2.6.3 and 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long download URL, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion for a balloon notification after a download has failed.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Metasploit modules1 module
- Orbit Downloader URL Unicode Conversion Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/orbit_download_failed_bofRank normaldisclosed 3 Apr 2008
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Orbit Downloader - URL Unicode Conversion Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18515local, windowspublished 23 Feb 2012Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.5% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 3798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080403 CORE-2008-0314 - Orbit Downloader "Download failed" buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29669 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- orbitdownloader-url-bo(41649) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1603 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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