Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-4471
CVE-2008-4471
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the CExpressViewerControl class in the DWF Viewer ActiveX control (AdView.dll 9.0.0.96), as used in Revit Architecture 2009 SP2 and Autodesk Design Review 2009, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via "..\" sequences in the argument to the SaveAS method.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:design_review:2009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:dwf_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:revit_architecture:2009:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.htmlnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/31989nvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4361nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31487nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2704nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45519nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6630nvd
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