Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2008-3704

 

Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2008-3704

Published: December 13, 2016 / Updated: December 13, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1273
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3704
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Visual FoxPro
Microsoft Visual Basic
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to a buffer overflow in the Masked Edit 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.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

How to mitigate CVE-2008-3704

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

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