CVE-2007-6506: HP Software Update

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 16.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The HPRulesEngine.ContentCollection.1 ActiveX Control in RulesEngine.dll for HP Software Update 4.000.005.007 and earlier, including 3.0.8.4, allows remote attackers to (1) overwrite and corrupt arbitrary files via arguments to the SaveToFile method, and possibly (2) access arbitrary files via the LoadDataFromFile method.

Affected products

• HP Software Update: up to and including 4.000.005.007; version 3.0.8.4 only

Published 2007-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.