CVE-2007-6331

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the HPInfoDLL.HPInfo.1 ActiveX control in HPInfoDLL.dll 1.0, as shipped with HP Info Center (hpinfocenter.exe) 1.0.1.1 in HP Quick Launch Button (QLBCTRL.exe, aka QLB) 6.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via the first argument to the LaunchApp method. NOTE: only a user-assisted attack is possible on Windows Vista.

Affected products

HP Info Center: 1.0.1.1
HP Quick Launch Button: through 6.3

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01300486
http://secunia.com/advisories/28055
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019086
http://www.anspi.pl/~porkythepig/hp-issue/kilokieubasy.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484880/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26823
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4192
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38991
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4720
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01300486
http://secunia.com/advisories/28055
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019086

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