CVE-2008-4342 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 17.2% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
NuMedia Soft NMS DVD Burning SDK Activex NMSDVDX.DVDEngineX.1 ActiveX control (NMSDVDX.dll) 1.013C and earlier, as used in CDBurnerXP 4.2.1.976, BurnAware 2.1.3, Blaze Media Pro 8.02 Special Edition, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to overwrite and create arbitrary files via calls to the EnableLog and LogMessage methods. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by accessing files using hcp:// URLs.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 17.2% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-09-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| burnaware technologies | burnaware |
| impressum | cdburnerxp |
| numedia soft | numedia dvd burning sdk |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | NuMedia Soft Nms DVD Burning SDK - ActiveX 'NMSDVDX.dll' Command Execution | 2008-09-19 |
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_numedia_xpl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31950
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32455
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31374
- http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_TrWE9AJA8nQpuFsnxBcq
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2663
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45330
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6491
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_numedia_xpl.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31950
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32455
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31374
- http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_TrWE9AJA8nQpuFsnxBcq
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2663
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