ID:1681 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Microsoft Access and Microsoft Office - CVE-2008-2463

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits 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

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.

Remediation