CVE-2007-4420

EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.1 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-4420. PoCs published by shinnai.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages an insecure method in the EDraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX control to download arbitrary files to the victim's system. The HttpDownloadFile method is called without proper security checks, allowing file write operations.

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in officeviewer.ocx 5.1.199.1 in EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.1 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the HttpDownloadFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3168 and CVE-2007-3169.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by shinnai · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4290

This exploit leverages an insecure method in the EDraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX control to download arbitrary files to the victim's system. The HttpDownloadFile method is called without proper security checks, allowing file write operations.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.1 (officeviewer.ocx v. 5.1.199.1)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage or open a malicious HTML file · ActiveX control must be installed and marked as safe for scripting
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4290
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25344
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36055
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/38794
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ocxt.com/archives/39

Scores

EPSS 0.0292
EPSS Percentile 85.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
edraw/office_viewer_component 5.1
Published Aug 18, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026