CVE-2007-4891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2007-09-14

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 52.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0.0.9782:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.52054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Visual Studio

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-14T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.954Z

Reserved: 2007-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4891

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-09-14T01:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4891

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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