CVE-2008-4471

Critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CExpressViewerControl class in the DWF Viewer ActiveX control (AdView.dll 9.0.0.96), as used in Revit Architecture 2009 SP2 and Autodesk Design Review 2009, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via "..\" sequences in the argument to the SaveAS method.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductAutodesk Design Review
PublishedOct 7, 2008
First seenOct 7, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
autodesk design_review2009—
autodesk dwf_viewerNo range specified—
autodesk revit_architecture2009—

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