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CVE-2008-4471

N/A

Published: October 7, 2008 at 06:27 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorDesign ReviewRevit ArchitectureDwf Viewer

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 7%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Design Review · Autodesk

95%

Dwf Viewer · Autodesk

95%

All versions

Revit Architecture · Autodesk

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://secunia.com/advisories/31989

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/31989

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON

Source: [email protected]

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

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

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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