CVE-2008-4472

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

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

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
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

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