CVE-2008-4471
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4452)
- Published
- October 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4452 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- autodesk / design review
- autodesk / dwf viewer
- autodesk / revit architecture
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31989(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31487
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2704
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45519
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6630
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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