CVE-2008-1116

Rising Antivirus Online Scanner - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-1116. PoCs published by John Smith.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages an insecure method in Rising AntiVirus's ActiveX control to achieve remote code execution by downloading and executing a malicious DLL. The PoC demonstrates the vulnerability by triggering the ActiveX control to fetch and run a payload from a remote server.

Description

Insecure method vulnerability in the Web Scan Object ActiveX control (OL2005.dll) in Rising Antivirus Online Scanner allows remote attackers to force the download and execution of arbitrary code by setting the BaseURL property and invoking the UpdateEngine method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by John Smith · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5188

This exploit leverages an insecure method in Rising AntiVirus's ActiveX control to achieve remote code execution by downloading and executing a malicious DLL. The PoC demonstrates the vulnerability by triggering the ActiveX control to fetch and run a payload from a remote server.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Rising AntiVirus (Free Online Scanner ActiveX Control)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage · Rising AntiVirus Free Online Scanner ActiveX control must be installed · ActiveX must be enabled in the browser
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27997
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40838
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0683/references
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29109
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5188

Scores

EPSS 0.1017
EPSS Percentile 95.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
rising_antivirus_international/rising_web_scan_object 18.0.7
Published Mar 03, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026