Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0865 · published 10 March 2009
CVE-2009-0865: Geovision livex activex control path traversal vulnerability
Geovision · Livex Activex Control
Directory traversal vulnerability in the SnapShotToFile method in the GeoVision LiveX (aka LiveX_v8200) ActiveX control 8.1.2 and 8.2.0 in LIVEX_~1.OCX allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument, possibly involving the PlayX and SnapShotX methods.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the SnapShotToFile method in the GeoVision LiveX (aka LiveX_v8200) ActiveX control 8.1.2 and 8.2.0 in LIVEX_~1.OCX allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the argument, possibly involving the PlayX and SnapShotX methods.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0865), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.