PT-2008-5705 · Autodesk · Autodesk Design Review+2

Nine:Situations:Group · Published 2008-10-07 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4471

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Autodesk Design Review version 2009 Revit Architecture version 2009 SP2 DWF Viewer ActiveX control (AdView.dll) version 9.0.0.96

Description: A directory traversal issue exists in the CExpressViewerControl class, allowing remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using ".." sequences in the argument to the SaveAS method.

Recommendations: For Autodesk Design Review version 2009, update to a version that fixes this issue. For Revit Architecture version 2009 SP2, update to a version that fixes this issue. For DWF Viewer ActiveX control (AdView.dll) version 9.0.0.96, update to a version that fixes this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the SaveAS method until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4471

Affected Products

Autodesk Design Review

Dwf Viewer Activex Control

Revit Architecture

References · 9

• 🔥 http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6630 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4471 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31989 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2704 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31487 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45519 · Note