CVE-2007-4890 EXPLOIT
5.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.4% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Absolute directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the VB To VSI Support Library (VBTOVSI.DLL) 1.0.0.0 in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the SaveAs method. NOTE: contents can be copied from local files via the Load method.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 16.36% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-09-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | visual studio |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 - 'VBTOVSI.dll 1.0.0.0' File Overwrite | 2007-09-11 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26779
- http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_qwFZc3a35RLy5AGxVBjJ.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25635
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36571
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26779
- http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_qwFZc3a35RLy5AGxVBjJ.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25635
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36571
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4394
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