CVE-2008-4471

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

Autodesk Design Review: 2009
Autodesk Dwf Viewer: all versions
Autodesk Revit Architecture: 2009-sp2

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31989
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
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31989
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threaded

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