A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 exposes dangerous (1) StartProcess, (2) SyncShell, (3) SaveAs, (4) CABDefaultURL, (5) CABFileName, and (6) CABRunFile methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have other impacts, as demonstrated using absolute pathnames in arguments to StartProcess and SyncShell.
CVE-2007-4891
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 6.8 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 31.0% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 6.8MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 6.8(low)
- EG Risk
- 61(Track)EG Risk 61/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity68% × 45%Exploitation65% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 31%
- EPSS %ILE
- 98%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 14, 2007
Last Modified
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References (12)
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/37106
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26779
- cve@mitrehttp://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_AZJ5bXwXvMARqwtfe97I.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36572
- cve@mitrehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4393
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37106
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26779
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_AZJ5bXwXvMARqwtfe97I.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25638
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36572
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4393
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-4393✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 11, 2007
Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 - 'PDWizard.ocx' Remote Command Execution
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