CVE-2008-4472 Information

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.

Reference

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/live_update_hotfix0.html http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361 http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=12452198&linkID=11705366 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31490 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2704 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45521 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6630