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ID:1681 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Microsoft Access and Microsoft Office - CVE-2008-2463
ID:1681 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Microsoft Access and Microsoft Office - CVE-2008-2463
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1266
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2463
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Office
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability alows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. A remote attacker can construct a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. A remote attacker can construct a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website:
Microsoft Office Access 2000 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=54e4031d-298f-480c-88d5-0ad3b2b62ba9
https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms03-038
Microsoft Office Access 2002 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=34b655f8-1922-4246-94ca-ed381c3e3b13
https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms03-038
Microsoft Office Access 2003 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Office Access 2003 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fd698517-a504-427d-9e5f-fde8f102142c
Microsoft Office Access 2000 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=54e4031d-298f-480c-88d5-0ad3b2b62ba9
https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms03-038
Microsoft Office Access 2002 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=34b655f8-1922-4246-94ca-ed381c3e3b13
https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms03-038
Microsoft Office Access 2003 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Office Access 2003 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fd698517-a504-427d-9e5f-fde8f102142c