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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2015-09-22 | |
| Rule Name: | Autodesk 'liveupdate16.dll' Activex Control Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2008-4472) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| 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. | |
| Impact: | The Autodesk LiveUpdate Module 'LiveUpdate16.DLL' ActiveX control is vulnerable to let attackers execute arbitrary local programs. Successfully exploiting the vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs in the context of the application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer). | |
| Affected OS: | Windows | |
| Reference: | SecurityFocusBID:31490 ExploitDB:6630 http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/live_update_hotfix0.html http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html |
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| The vendor has updated advisory in its official website. Please check it for more information. |