CVE-2007-4891 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 (...
MediumCVSS 6.8
EPSS 31.0%
Public exploit
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Public exploit available
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft visual studio | = 6.0 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft visual studio | = 6.0.0.9782 | No fix listed |
References
- 37106 vdb-entry
- 26779 third-party-advisory
- shinnai.altervista.org
- 25638 exploit vdb-entry
- visualstudio-pdwizard-code-execution(36572) vdb-entry
- 4393 exploit