Description
Insecure method vulnerability in VISAGESOFT eXPert PDF Viewer X ActiveX control (VSPDFViewerX.ocx) 3.0.990.0 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname to the savePageAsBitmap method.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Visagesoft eXPert PDF ViewerX - 'VSPDFViewerX.ocx' File Overwrite EDB-6875 · remote · Oct 29, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 31984 vdb-entry
- 32426 third-party-advisory
- 6875 exploit
- 4558 third-party-advisory
- expertpdfviewerx-activex-file-overwrite(46218) vdb-entry