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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4050 · published 11 September 2008

CVE-2008-4050: Friendly technologies friendly pppoe client improper input validation vulnerability

Friendly Technologies · Friendly Pppoe Client

A certain ActiveX control in fwRemoteCfg.dll 3.3.3.1 in Friendly Technologies FriendlyPPPoE Client 3.0.0.57 allows remote attackers to (1) create and read arbitrary registry values via the RegistryValue method, and (2) read arbitrary files via the GetTextFile method.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.7% · top 6.3% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
6.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A certain ActiveX control in fwRemoteCfg.dll 3.3.3.1 in Friendly Technologies FriendlyPPPoE Client 3.0.0.57 allows remote attackers to (1) create and read arbitrary registry values via the RegistryValue method, and (2) read arbitrary files via the GetTextFile method.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31644 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4244
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30939
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30940 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44787
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6334
http://secunia.com/advisories/31644 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4244
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30939
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30940 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44787
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6334

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4050), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.