CVE-2007-4891 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 31% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 31% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| 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 - 'PDWizard.ocx' Remote Command Execution | 2007-09-11 |
References
- 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
- 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
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