CVE-2007-4420

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Published Aug 18, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in officeviewer.ocx 5.1.199.1 in EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.1 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the HttpDownloadFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3168 and CVE-2007-3169.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:edraw:office_viewer_component:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4403	Absolute path traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in officeviewer.ocx 5.1.199.1 in EDraw Office Viewer Component 5.1 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the second argument to the HttpDownloadFile method, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3168 and CVE-2007-3169.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.9% (2.918% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/38794
http://www.ocxt.com/archives/39
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25344
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36055
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4290

History

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Subscriptions

Edraw Office Viewer Component

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 18, 2007, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM
Reserved: Aug 18, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 18, 2007, 9:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

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