CVE-2008-4471

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4471
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-07 20:00:17 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Autodesk Design Review 2009 All All All
Application Autodesk Dwf Viewer All All All All
Application Autodesk Revit Architecture 2009 sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Autodesk Design Review DWF Viewer ActiveX Control "SaveAs()" Insecure Method - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Autodesk DWF Viewer Control / LiveUpdate Module remote code execution exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 retrogod.altervista.org Exploit
Autodesk DWF Viewer Control / LiveUpdate Module - Remote Code Execution - Windows remote Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Autodesk DWF Viewer Control 'AdView.dll' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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