CVE-2008-3957: Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 17.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger ActiveX control allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files onto a client system via a URL in the first argument to the Open method, in conjunction with a full destination pathname in the first argument to the Save method. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition Logger: any version

Published 2008-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.