CVE-2008-2683
The BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to force the download…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 34.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to force the download and storage of arbitrary files by specifying the origin URL in the first argument to the DownloadImageFileURL method, and the local filename in the second argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- Black Ice Cover Page ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/blackice_downloadimagefileurlRank excellentdisclosed 5 Jun 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Black Ice Cover Page - ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17424remote, windowspublished 21 Jun 2011Verified
- Black Ice Cover Page SDK - Insecure Method 'DownloadImageFileURL()' (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17415remote, windowspublished 20 Jun 2011Verified
- Black Ice Software Inc Barcode SDK - 'BIDIB.ocx' Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5750remote, windowspublished 5 Jun 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 17415 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 5750 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 34.8% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 30548 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17415 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 5750 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1768 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 46007 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- barcode-bidib-file-overwrite(42891) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 8276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 8277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2008-2678 (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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