CVE-2008-4472
Autodesk Design Review and Revit Architecture 2009 - Remote Code Execution via LiveUpdate ActiveX ApplyPatch Method
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-4472. 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
The UpdateEngine class in the LiveUpdate ActiveX control (LiveUpdate16.DLL 17.2.56), as used in Revit Architecture 2009 SP2 and Autodesk Design Review 2009, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via the second argument to the ApplyPatch 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.