CVE-2008-4472 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-4472

The UpdateEngine class in the LiveUpdate ActiveX control (LiveUpdate16.DLL 17.2.56),...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

design review, dwf viewer, revit architecture
Vulnerable Versions:
2009

Timeline

Official Publish: October 7th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.