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CVE-2009-3573

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the PDIControl.PDI.1 ActiveX control (PDIControl.dll) 2.2.3160.0 in EMC Captiva PixTools Distributed Imaging 2.2 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via the (1) SetLogFileName and (2) WriteToLog methods.

Affected products

• EMC Captiva Pixtools Distributed Imaging: 2.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/36896
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36566
• http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_17zVMhRhsRE6qC6DAj52.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2808
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53555
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36896
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36566
• http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_17zVMhRhsRE6qC6DAj52.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2808
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53555

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