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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4453 · published 6 October 2008

CVE-2008-4453: Dspicture light imaging toolkit permissions and access controls vulnerability

DDspicture · Light Imaging Toolkit

The GdPicture (1) Light Imaging Toolkit 4.7.1 GdPicture4S.Imaging ActiveX control (gdpicture4s.ocx) 4.7.0.1 and (2) Pro Imaging SDK 5.7.1 GdPicturePro5S.Imaging ActiveX control (gdpicturepro5s.ocx) 5.7.0.1 allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, and modify arbitrary files via the SaveAsPDF method. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by accessing files using hcp:// URLs. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 10% · top 4.4% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The GdPicture (1) Light Imaging Toolkit 4.7.1 GdPicture4S.Imaging ActiveX control (gdpicture4s.ocx) 4.7.0.1 and (2) Pro Imaging SDK 5.7.1 GdPicturePro5S.Imaging ActiveX control (gdpicturepro5s.ocx) 5.7.0.1 allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, and modify arbitrary files via the SaveAsPDF method. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by accessing files using hcp:// URLs. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31898 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31966 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4355
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31504 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2708
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45536
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6638
http://secunia.com/advisories/31898 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31966 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4355
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31504 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2708
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45536
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6638

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4453), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.