TI-2007-04713 Aliases CVE-2007-4891 GHSA-pwrx-4jvg-2w44

A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual…

MEDIUM 54CWE-78Published 2007-09-14 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 exposes dangerous (1) StartProcess, (2) SyncShell, (3) SaveAs, (4) CABDefaultURL, (5) CABFileName, and (6) CABRunFile methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs and have other impacts, as demonstrated using absolute pathnames in arguments to StartProcess and SyncShell.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.31003 98th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:::::::*	6.0	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0.0.9782:::::::*	6.0.0.9782	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:6.0.0.9782:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0.9782 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4891
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pwrx-4jvg-2w44

References

Exploit 1

4393

Other 2

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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