CVE-2009-2169 (GCVE-0-2009-2169)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-06-22 22:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35509 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T05:44:54.826Z",
"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"shortName": "CVE"
},
"references": [
{
"name": "35509",
"tags": [
"third-party-advisory",
"x_refsource_SECUNIA",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35509"
},
{
"name": "20090618 Edraw PDF Viewer Component ActiveX Remote code execution vulnerability",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_FULLDISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html"
}
],
"title": "CVE Program Container"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "n/a",
"vendor": "n/a",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "n/a"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder."
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "n/a",
"lang": "en",
"type": "text"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2009-06-22T22:00:00.000Z",
"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"shortName": "mitre"
},
"references": [
{
"name": "35509",
"tags": [
"third-party-advisory",
"x_refsource_SECUNIA"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35509"
},
{
"name": "20090618 Edraw PDF Viewer Component ActiveX Remote code execution vulnerability",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_FULLDISC"
],
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html"
}
],
"x_legacyV4Record": {
"CVE_data_meta": {
"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
"ID": "CVE-2009-2169",
"STATE": "PUBLIC"
},
"affects": {
"vendor": {
"vendor_data": [
{
"product": {
"product_data": [
{
"product_name": "n/a",
"version": {
"version_data": [
{
"version_value": "n/a"
}
]
}
}
]
},
"vendor_name": "n/a"
}
]
}
},
"data_format": "MITRE",
"data_type": "CVE",
"data_version": "4.0",
"description": {
"description_data": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder."
}
]
},
"problemtype": {
"problemtype_data": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "n/a"
}
]
}
]
},
"references": {
"reference_data": [
{
"name": "35509",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35509"
},
{
"name": "20090618 Edraw PDF Viewer Component ActiveX Remote code execution vulnerability",
"refsource": "FULLDISC",
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2009-2169",
"datePublished": "2009-06-22T22:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2009-06-22T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-09-17T03:42:38.563Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1",
"vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
"epss": {
"cve": "CVE-2009-2169",
"date": "2026-09-20",
"epss": "0.04497",
"percentile": "0.9105"
},
"fkie_nvd": {
"configurations": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:edraw:pdf_viewer_component:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "836CE22D-C8EE-4B48-99EA-9EE126E16092",
"versionEndIncluding": "3.2.0",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "Vulnerabilidad de m\u00e9todo inseguro en el control ActiveX PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 (pdfviewer.ocx) en Edraw PDF Viewer Component versiones anteriores a v3.2.0.126 permite a atacantes remotos crear y sobrescribir ficheros de su elecci\u00f3n mediante un argumento de URL en el argumento FtpConnect y un argumento de fichero objetivo en el m\u00e9todo FtpDownloadFile. NOTA: esto puede ser aprovechado para ejecutar c\u00f3digo al escribir el fichero en una carpeta de inicio."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2009-2169",
"lastModified": "2024-11-21T01:04:17.253",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV2": [
{
"acInsufInfo": false,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"cvssData": {
"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
"accessVector": "NETWORK",
"authentication": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
"baseScore": 9.3,
"confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
"integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
"version": "2.0"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
"impactScore": 10.0,
"obtainAllPrivilege": false,
"obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
"obtainUserPrivilege": false,
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary",
"userInteractionRequired": true
}
]
},
"published": "2009-06-22T22:30:00.187",
"references": [
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Exploit"
],
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35509"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Exploit"
],
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35509"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
"vulnStatus": "Modified",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-94"
}
],
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
},
"nvd": {
"cve": {
"configurations": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:edraw:pdf_viewer_component:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "836CE22D-C8EE-4B48-99EA-9EE126E16092",
"versionEndIncluding": "3.2.0",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Insecure method vulnerability in the PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 ActiveX control (pdfviewer.ocx) in Edraw PDF Viewer Component before 3.2.0.126 allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a URL argument to the FtpConnect argument and a target filename argument to the FtpDownloadFile method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "Vulnerabilidad de m\u00e9todo inseguro en el control ActiveX PDFVIEWER.PDFViewerCtrl.1 (pdfviewer.ocx) en Edraw PDF Viewer Component versiones anteriores a v3.2.0.126 permite a atacantes remotos crear y sobrescribir ficheros de su elecci\u00f3n mediante un argumento de URL en el argumento FtpConnect y un argumento de fichero objetivo en el m\u00e9todo FtpDownloadFile. NOTA: esto puede ser aprovechado para ejecutar c\u00f3digo al escribir el fichero en una carpeta de inicio."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2009-2169",
"lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV2": [
{
"acInsufInfo": false,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"cvssData": {
"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
"accessVector": "NETWORK",
"authentication": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
"baseScore": 9.3,
"confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
"integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
"version": "2.0"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
"impactScore": 10.0,
"obtainAllPrivilege": false,
"obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
"obtainUserPrivilege": false,
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary",
"userInteractionRequired": true
}
]
},
"published": "2009-06-22T22:30:00.187",
"references": [
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Exploit"
],
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35509"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Exploit"
],
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-06/0198.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35509"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
"vulnStatus": "Modified",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-94"
}
],
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
}
}
}
Loading…
Loading…
Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Loading…
The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Loading…
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
Loading…