CVE-2008-4471
Autodesk Design Review and DWF Viewer - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via SaveAS Method
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-4471. PoCs published by Nine:Situations:Group.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages two vulnerabilities in Autodesk DWF Viewer: an insecure SaveAS() method to write arbitrary files and an ApplyPatch() method to execute them. It demonstrates remote code execution by saving a malicious HTA file and executing it via the LiveUpdate module.
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages two vulnerabilities in Autodesk DWF Viewer: an insecure SaveAS() method to write arbitrary files and an ApplyPatch() method to execute them. It demonstrates remote code execution by saving a malicious HTA file and executing it via the LiveUpdate module.