CVE-2007-4891

N/A Unknown
Published: September 14, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 exposes dangerous (1) StartProcess, (2) SyncShell, (3) SaveAs, (4) CABDefaultURL, (5) CABFileName, and (6) CABRunFile methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have other impacts, as demonstrated using absolute pathnames in arguments to StartProcess and SyncShell.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/37106
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/26779
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_AZJ5bXwXvMARqwtfe97I.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36572
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4393
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/37106
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26779
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_AZJ5bXwXvMARqwtfe97I.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36572
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4393
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
31.0%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

Affected Vendors

microsoft

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