CVE-2007-4891

Public Exploit

Description

A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 exposes dangerous (1) StartProcess, (2) SyncShell, (3) SaveAs, (4) CABDefaultURL, (5) CABFileName, and (6) CABRunFile methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have other impacts, as demonstrated using absolute pathnames in arguments to StartProcess and SyncShell.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 57.93% Top 5%
Third-Party Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36572 vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4393 exploit
http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_AZJ5bXwXvMARqwtfe97I.html
http://osvdb.org/37106 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26779 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638 vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4891?
CVE-2007-4891 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4891?
To fix CVE-2007-4891, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4891 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4891 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~58% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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