CVE-2007-4891 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary programs via dangerous ActiveX methods in Visual Studio, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-4891?
CVE-2007-4891 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio, published on 14 Sep 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4891?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4891?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4891 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2007-4891 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-4891 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-pwrx-4jvg-2w44.