CVE-2008-4472
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.8%EU EUVD
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.
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-264
- EPSS score
- 7.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4453)
- 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-2008-4453 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://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/live_update_hotfix0.html
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361
- http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=12452198&linkID=11705366
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31490
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2704
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45521
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6630
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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