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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-5897 EUVD-2012-5771GHSA-q586-cx23-6hg5

The (1) SimpleTree and (2) ReportTree classes in the ARDoc ActiveX control (ARDoc.dll) in Quest InTrust 10.4.0.853 and earlier do not prope…

Published Nov 17, 2012 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The (1) SimpleTree and (2) ReportTree classes in the ARDoc ActiveX control (ARDoc.dll) in Quest InTrust 10.4.0.853 and earlier do not properly implement the SaveToFile method, which allows remote attackers to write or overwrite arbitrary files via the bstrFileName argument.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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