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Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-623

Unsafe ActiveX Control Marked Safe For Scripting

Category: VariantCVE: 3
Description

An ActiveX control is intended for restricted use, but it has been marked as safe-for-scripting.

Extended Description

This might allow attackers to use dangerous functionality via a web page that accesses the control, which can lead to different resultant vulnerabilities, depending on the control's behavior.

CVE vulnerabilities with CWE-623 (3)
8.7
CVSS
HIGH
CVE-2011-10028

The RealNetworks RealArcade platform includes an ActiveX control (InstallerDlg.dll, version 2.6.0.445) that exposes a method named Exec via the StubbyUtil.ProcessMgr COM object. This method allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a victim's Windows machine without proper validation or restrictions. This platform was sometimes referred to or otherwise known as RealArcade or Arcade Games and has since consolidated with RealNetworks' platform, GameHouse.

pub. 2025-08-20
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
CVE-2014-2368

The BrowseFolder method in the bwocxrun ActiveX control in Advantech WebAccess before 7.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted call.

pub. 2014-07-19
4.8
CVSS
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-17925

Multiple instances of this vulnerability (Unsafe ActiveX Control Marked Safe For Scripting) have been identified in the third-party ActiveX object provided to GE iFIX versions 2.0 - 5.8 by Gigasoft. Only the independent use of the Gigasoft charting package outside the iFIX product may expose users to the reported vulnerability. The reported method shown to impact Internet Explorer is not exposed in the iFIX product, nor is the core functionality of the iFIX product known to be impacted.

pub. 2018-10-10
Information
ID: CWE-623
Type: Variant
Vulnerabilities: 3
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