CVE-2007-4471 — Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control before 10 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified arguments to the (1) httpGETToFile, (2) httpPOSTFromFile, and possibly other methods, probably involving path traversal vulnerabilities in exposed dangerous methods

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Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control before 10 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified arguments to the (1) httpGETToFile, (2) httpPOSTFromFile, and possibly other methods, probably involving path traversal vulnerabilities in exposed dangerous methods

Published Sep 5, 2007

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.16%

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition ActiveX control before 10 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via unspecified arguments to the (1) httpGETToFile, (2) httpPOSTFromFile, and possibly other methods, probably involving path traversal vulnerabilities in exposed dangerous methods. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.16% 0.05155

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05155

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.16% (0.05155)	92.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.16% (0.05155)	91.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.92% (0.01918)	81.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.75% (0.04746)	81.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.80% (0.01796)	81.56th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	3.29% (0.03293)	91.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 1, 2024	2.79% (0.02791)	90.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 7, 2024	6.41% (0.06407)	92.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	4.48% (0.04476)	91.15th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.52% (0.06523)	91.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	90.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	78.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

CWE-264

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/37134
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/26659
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/979638
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25544
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36464
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/37134		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/26659		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/979638		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25544		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36464		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Sep 5, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 22, 2007

Link CVE-2007-4471

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-4471

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-4471