CVE-2008-4471

high

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6630

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45519

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2704

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31487

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361

http://secunia.com/advisories/31989

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06248