Edraw PDF Viewer Component ActiveX Insecure Method Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-2169
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
DESCRIPTION
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.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
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SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003586
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003586 - Edraw PDF Viewer Component ActiveX Insecure Method Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- edraw pdf_viewer_component 3.2.0