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    CVE-2007-4891

    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.

    Published:Sep 14, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 14, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.51667
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Visual Studio

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4393

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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