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CVE-2007-6506
The HPRulesEngine.ContentCollection.1 ActiveX Control in RulesEngine.dll for HP Software Update 4.000.005.007 and earlier, including…
High9.3EPSS 16.3%
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- mitre
Description
The HPRulesEngine.ContentCollection.1 ActiveX Control in RulesEngine.dll for HP Software Update 4.000.005.007 and earlier, including 3.0.8.4, allows remote attackers to (1) overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files via arguments to the SaveToFile method, and possibly (2) access arbitrary files via the LoadDataFromFile method.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.3% · 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: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 1019133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=768 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- HPSBGN2301 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 28177 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9053818 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4757 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- hpsoftware-rulesengine-file-overwrite(39153) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26950 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.anspi.pl/~porkythepig/hp-issue/wyfukanyszynszyl.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- HPSBGN02301 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/12/20/2327242.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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