VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2169

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability4.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-06-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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