Is CVE-2008-2551 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2551 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2551?

CVE-2008-2551 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2551?

CVE-2008-2551 has an EPSS score of 46.94% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2551

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The DownloaderActiveX Control (DownloaderActiveX.ocx) in Icona SpA C6 Messenger 1.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to force the download and execution of arbitrary files via a URL in the propDownloadUrl parameter with the propPostDownloadAction parameter set to "run."

CWE-264

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

46.94%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30512
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3926
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493019/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29519
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1733/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42825
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5732

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.