Description
This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2008-2551, which has a UNKNOWN severity rating. The DownloaderActiveX Control (DownloaderActiveX.ocx) in Icona SpA C6 Messenger 1.0.0.1 allows remote cyberattackers to force the download and execution of arbitrary files via a URL in the propDownloadUrl parameter with the propPostDownloadAction parameter set to run.
Stats
- First seen
- January 2022
- Last seen
- October 2026
CVEs
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| Document-HTML.Exploit.CVE-2008-2551 |
| Exploit.CVE-2008-2551.Gen |
| Image.Exploit.CVE-2008-2551 |
| Script-JS.Exploit.CVE-2008-2551 |
| Win32.Exploit.CVE-2008-2551 |