Memory corruption in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Access - CVE-2008-2463
Published: December 13, 2016 / Updated: March 1, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1266
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2463
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
How to mitigate CVE-2008-2463
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
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #541 - Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access - ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #542 - Microsoft Access - 'Snapview.ocx 10.0.5529.0' ActiveX Remote Exploit (March 18, 2020)
- Exploit #1681 - Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (March 18, 2020)