CVE-2008-2959

Published Jul 2, 2008

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control (vb6skit.dll) in Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long lpstrLinkPath argument to the fCreateShellLink function.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.3
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_enterprise_edition:6.0:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D7964E12-B5F1-4D52-B5E6-68FEC17B5351"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References