CVE-2007-4982

Exp

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in the MW6QRCode.QRCode.1 ActiveX control in MW6QRCode.dll in MW6 Technologies QRCode ActiveX 3.0.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) SaveAsBMP or (2) SaveAsWMF method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2007-09-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4982 is rated High Exploit Risk (89/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.42%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4982

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4420 exploit_db edb 2007-09-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4982

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.69% 10.42% +0.73%
2 2026-05-08 9.35% 9.69% +0.34%
3 2025-08-13 9.35%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4982

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4982

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4982

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mw6_technologies qrcode_activex <= 3.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mw6_technologies:qrcode_activex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4982

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