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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) 1.0.0.0 in…
Medium5.8EPSS 16.4%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.4% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- http://shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/txt/TXT_qwFZc3a35RLy5AGxVBjJ.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- visualstudio-vbtovsi-file-overwrite(36571) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4394 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 26779 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25635 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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