Autodesk Dwf Viewer LiveUpdate16.DLL ActiveX Control second access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Autodesk Dwf Viewer LiveUpdate16.DLL. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library LiveUpdate16.DLL of the component ActiveX Control. Such manipulation of the argument second leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-4472. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Autodesk Dwf Viewer LiveUpdate16.DLL. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block in the library LiveUpdate16.DLL of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation of the argument second with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 09/30/2008. The weakness was presented 10/07/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4472 since 10/07/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/25/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35627 (AutoDesk LiveUpdate ActiveX Control ApplyPatch Method Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116205 (Autodesk "LiveUpdate16.DLL" ActiveX Control Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6530.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45521), Exploit-DB (6630), Tenable (35627), SecurityFocus (BID 31490†) and OSVDB (49047†). See VDB-44377 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 35627
Nessus Name: AutoDesk LiveUpdate ActiveX Control ApplyPatch Method Execution
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Saint ID: exploit_info/autodesk_liveupdate_applypatch
Saint Name: Autodesk LiveUpdate ActiveX control ApplyPatch method vulnerability

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02/09/2009 +118 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4472 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4472
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44378
X-Force: 45521
SecurityFocus: 31490 - Autodesk 'LiveUpdate16.DLL' ActiveX Control Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 49047 - LiveUpdate UpdateEngine ActiveX (LiveUpdate16.DLL) ApplyPatch Method Arbitrary Program Execution
Vulnerability Center: 20937 - Autodesk Design Review and Revit Architecture Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2704

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/25/2025 09:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (80), 08/27/2019 16:16 (4), 11/05/2024 16:34 (21), 05/25/2025 09:19 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:21A:103

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