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CVE-2007-4890

Absolute directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the VB To VSI Support Library (VBTOVSI.DLL) 1

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8 EPSS 0.26844
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

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microsoft visual studioall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
remoteMicrosoft Visual Studio 6.0 - 'VBTOVSI.dll 1.0.0.0' File Overwriteverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 4394www.exploit-db.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighRenamed Visual Studio Code Tunnel Execution
productmediumNetwork Connection Initiated To Visual Studio Code Tunnels Domain
productmediumVisual Studio Code Tunnel Remote File Creation
productmediumDNS Query To Visual Studio Code Tunnels Domain
productmediumVisual Studio Code Tunnel Execution
productmediumVisual Studio NodejsTools PressAnyKey Arbitrary Binary Execution
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Scoring & Timeline

5.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD14 Sep 2007 · 01:17 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/26779
http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_qwFZc3a35RLy5AGxVBjJ.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25635
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36571
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