A vulnerability has been identified in Chilkat HTTP ActiveX Component, which could be exploited by attackers to corrupt arbitrary files. This issue is caused by a design error in the "SaveLastError()" method within the "ChilkatHttp.dll" library, which could be exploited by attackers to overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files on a vulnerable system by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by shinnai.
ChangeLog
2008-04-01 : Initial release
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