# 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 arbitra

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-12-23 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

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

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