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medium 6.8

CVE-2007-4891 json

A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 exposes dangerous (1) StartProcess, (2) Syn…

published 2007-09-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4872

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
31.0%
EPSS 31.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-4393)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

31.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4393 Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 - 'PDWizard.ocx' Remote Command Execution remote, 2007-09-11
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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