{"cve":"CVE-2008-4471","nvd":{"published":"2008-10-07T20:00:17.390","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:52.380","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in the CExpressViewerControl class in the DWF Viewer ActiveX control (AdView.dll 9.0.0.96), as used in Revit Architecture 2009 SP2 and Autodesk Design Review 2009, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via \"..\\\" sequences in the argument to the SaveAS method.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_autodesk_revit_arch_2009_exploit.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/31989","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4361","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496847/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31487"],"products":["autodesk:design_review","autodesk:dwf_viewer","autodesk:revit_architecture"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4471","score":0.06729,"percentile":0.93948,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}