CVE-2007-4790
Stack-based buffer overflow in certain ActiveX controls in (1) FPOLE.OCX 6.0.8450.0 and (2) Foxtlib.ocx, as used in the Microsoft Visual…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 54.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in certain ActiveX controls in (1) FPOLE.OCX 6.0.8450.0 and (2) Foxtlib.ocx, as used in the Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 fpole 1.0 Type Library; and Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 SP1 and SP2, and 7; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the FoxDoCmd function.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 - FPOLE.OCX 6.0.8450.0 Remote (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4369dos, windowspublished 6 Sept 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4369 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 54.9% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 1019378 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBST02314 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 4369 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- foxpro-fpole-activex-bo(36496) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- TA08-043C (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25571 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS08-010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-4771 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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