NuMedia Soft NMS DVD Burning SDK Activex NMSDVDX.DVDEngineX.1 ActiveX control (NMSDVDX.dll) 1.013C and earlier, as used in CDBurnerXP 4.2.1.976, BurnAware 2.1.3, Blaze Media Pro 8.02 Special Edition, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to overwrite and create arbitrary files via calls to the EnableLog and LogMessage methods. NOTE: this issue might only be exploitable in limited environments or non-default browser settings. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this can be leveraged for remote code execution by accessing files using hcp:// URLs.
CVE-2008-4342
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 96.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 30, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_numedia_xpl.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31936
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31949
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31950
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32455
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497831/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31374
- cve@mitrehttp://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_TrWE9AJA8nQpuFsnxBcq
- cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2663
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45330
- cve@mitrehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6491
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_numedia_xpl.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31936
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31949
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31950
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-6491✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 19, 2008
NuMedia Soft Nms DVD Burning SDK - ActiveX 'NMSDVDX.dll' Command Execution
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