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TI-2007-04712 Aliases CVE-2007-4890GHSA-9q4p-wv38-76g5

Absolute directory traversal vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in the VB To VSI…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.1636 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4890
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9q4p-wv38-76g5

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • TI-2022-16266 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-03546 Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02381 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-00858 The Active Template Library (ATL) in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1, Visual Studio… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2009-02389 Heap-based buffer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-02388 Integer overflow in GDI+ in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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Sources

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