#VU1271 Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2008-4255

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1271

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 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/E:P/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-4255

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Visual FoxPro
Microsoft Visual Basic
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Microsoft Project

Software vendor:
Microsoft

The vulnerability alows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a buffer overflow in the Windows Common ActiveX Control. A remote attacker can construct a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into viewing 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.

Install update from vendor's website:

Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E27EEBCB-095D-43EC-A19E-4A46E591715C
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AFAD980D-7F27-49D9-AA23-B762C7B94CD6
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6AC7CF8F-D046-43A8-B4EF-253153D65AED
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A6977F81-F7F6-486B-96AD-8D296D79F205
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=386D27A6-B2C7-4ACC-BF3E-EDCBC7358172
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5B1F28A9-DA8D-463A-8AE4-DFC8FCC6C41A
Microsoft Office Project 2003 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=89a44042-a629-40f3-800a-0bb45fc36591
Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office Project 2007 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2fbf6a5b-ff35-4a2d-9fa0-4e62b6486fe6

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms08-070.aspx