CVE-2008-3878
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Ultra.OfficeControl ActiveX control in OfficeCtrl.ocx 2.0.2008.801 in Ultra Shareware Ultra Office…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 36.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Ultra.OfficeControl ActiveX control in OfficeCtrl.ocx 2.0.2008.801 in Ultra Shareware Ultra Office Control allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strUrl, strFile, and strPostData parameters to the HttpUpload method.
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 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Ultra Shareware Office Control ActiveX HttpUpload Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ultraoffice_httpuploadRank gooddisclosed 27 Aug 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Ultra Shareware Office Control - ActiveX HttpUpload Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16513remote, windowspublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- Ultra Shareware Office Control - ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6318remote, windowspublished 27 Aug 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6318 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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)
- 36.2% · top 1.5% 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
7
- http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_RvfuIrwypWLMaiVn33Iy.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 6318 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 31632 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- uoc-ultraofficecontrol-bo(44749) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30861 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=Security&argument=Remote_performed_exploits&topic=1219826651.ff.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2008-3864 (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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