Is CVE-2007-4891 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4891 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4891?

CVE-2007-4891 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-4891

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 31.0%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
EPSS score: 31.0% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4872)
Published: September 14, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4872 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / visual studio
microsoft / visual studio

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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