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CVE-2008-4472
The UpdateEngine class in the LiveUpdate ActiveX control (LiveUpdate16.DLL 17.2.56), as used in Revit Architecture 2009 SP2 and Autodesk…
High9.3EPSS 7.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The UpdateEngine class in the LiveUpdate ActiveX control (LiveUpdate16.DLL 17.2.56), as used in Revit Architecture 2009 SP2 and Autodesk Design Review 2009, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via the second argument to the ApplyPatch 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)
- 7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (4 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
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- designreview-liveupdate-unauth-access(45521) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=12452198&linkID=11705366 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 6630 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/live_update_hotfix0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4361 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080930 Autodesk DWF Viewer Control / LiveUpdate Module remote code execution exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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