CVE-2009-2169 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 4.5% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-06-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| edraw | pdf viewer component |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Edraw PDF Viewer Component < 3.2.0.126 - ActiveX Insecure Method | 2009-06-18 |
References
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