FKIE_CVE-2007-4890

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-14 01:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
Absolute directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the VB To VSI Support Library (VBTOVSI.DLL) 1.0.0.0 in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the SaveAs method. NOTE: contents can be copied from local files via the Load method.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26779
cve@mitre.orghttp://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_qwFZc3a35RLy5AGxVBjJ.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25635
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36571
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4394
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26779
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_qwFZc3a35RLy5AGxVBjJ.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25635
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36571
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4394
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft visual_studio 6.0
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