CVE-2009-3573

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—💥 Exploit

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

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 9.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.72%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · EMC Captiva PixTools 2.2 Distributed Imaging - ActiveX Control Multiple Insecure Method Vulnerabilities (10/1/2009)

Affected technologies (1)

EMC — Captiva Pixtools Distributed Imaging

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

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