Autodesk DWF Viewer Control 'AdView.dll' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

BID:31487

Info

Autodesk DWF Viewer Control 'AdView.dll' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 31487
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-4471
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 30 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:23PM
Credit: Nine:Situations:Group::bruiser
Vulnerable: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2009 0
Autodesk Design Review 2009 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Autodesk DWF Viewer Control 'AdView.dll' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

Autodesk DWF Viewer Control is prone to a vulnerability that can allow malicious files to be downloaded and saved to arbitrary locations on an affected computer.

Attackers may exploit this issue to write to sensitive files with malicious data, which will compromise the affected computer. Other attacks are possible.

'AdView.dll' 9.0.0.96 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Autodesk DWF Viewer Control 'AdView.dll' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to view a malicious webpage.

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Autodesk DWF Viewer Control 'AdView.dll' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Autodesk DWF Viewer Control 'AdView.dll' Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

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