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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-3573

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the PDIControl.PDI.1 ActiveX control (PDIControl.dll) 2.2.3160.0 in EMC Captiva PixTools Distributed Imaging 2.2 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via the (1) SetLogFileName and (2)…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 5.72%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the PDIControl.PDI.1 ActiveX control (PDIControl.dll) 2.2.3160.0 in EMC Captiva PixTools Distributed Imaging 2.2 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via the (1) SetLogFileName and (2) WriteToLog methods.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
5.72% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 October 2009
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
emc/captiva pixtools distributed imaging
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%26 October 2026: 5.72%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 5.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-33263source ↗EMC Captiva PixTools 2.2 Distributed Imaging - ActiveX Control Multiple Insecure Method Vulnerabilitieswindows · Giuseppe Fuggianoremote1 October 2009yes

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