Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-3704 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Mask parameter, related to not "validating property values with boundary checks," as exploited in the wild in August 2008, aka "Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability." Additional advisory information from Secunia: http://secunia.com/advisories/31498/ "Visual Studio 6 was last updated June 2000, a Microsoft spokeswoman told SCMagazineUS.com. The version is no longer supported. Visual Studio 2008 is the latest release and microsoft encourages users to update to the newest version." Source: http://www.scmagazineus.com/Microsoft-looks-into-Visual-Studio-bug/article/115459/
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 7 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
description Microsoft Visual Studio Msmask32.ocx ActiveX Buffer Overflow. CVE-2008-3704. Remote exploit for windows platform id EDB-ID:16507 last seen 2016-02-02 modified 2010-11-24 published 2010-11-24 reporter metasploit source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/16507/ title Microsoft Visual Studio - Msmask32.ocx ActiveX Buffer Overflow description Microsoft Visual Studio (Msmask32.ocx) ActiveX Remote BOF Exploit. CVE-2008-3704. Remote exploit for windows platform file exploits/windows/remote/6317.html id EDB-ID:6317 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2008-08-26 platform windows port published 2008-08-26 reporter Koshi source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/6317/ title Microsoft Visual Studio Msmask32.ocx ActiveX Remote BoF Exploit type remote description Microsoft Visual Studio (Msmask32.ocx) ActiveX Remote BOF PoC. CVE-2008-3704. Dos exploit for windows platform file exploits/windows/dos/6244.js id EDB-ID:6244 last seen 2016-02-01 modified 2008-08-14 platform windows port published 2008-08-14 reporter Symantec source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/6244/ title Microsoft Visual Studio Msmask32.ocx ActiveX Remote BoF PoC type dos
Metasploit
| description | This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Microsoft's Visual Studio 6.0. When passing a specially crafted string to the Mask parameter of the Mdmask32.ocx ActiveX Control, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. |
| id | MSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/BROWSER/MS08_070_VISUAL_STUDIO_MSMASK |
| last seen | 2020-05-26 |
| modified | 2017-10-05 |
| published | 2010-06-15 |
| references | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3704 |
| reporter | Rapid7 |
| source | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms08_070_visual_studio_msmask.rb |
| title | Microsoft Visual Studio Mdmask32.ocx ActiveX Buffer Overflow |
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS08-070 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2008-12-09T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 932349 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Critical |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files (ActiveX Controls) Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS08-070.NASL |
| description | The remote host contains a version of the ActiveX control for Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host by constructing a malicious web page and enticing a victim to visit it. Note that this control may have been included with Visual Studio or FoxPro or as part of a third-party application created by one of those products. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 35069 |
| published | 2008-12-10 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35069 |
| title | MS08-070: Vulnerabilities in Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX Controls Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932349) |
Oval
| accepted | 2012-11-12T04:00:33.420-05:00 | ||||||||||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||
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| description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Mask parameter, related to not "validating property values with boundary checks," as exploited in the wild in August 2008, aka "Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5794 | ||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2008-12-09T13:31:00 | ||||||||||||||||
| title | Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||
| version | 68 |
Packetstorm
data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/90742/ms08_070_visual_studio_msmask.rb.txt id PACKETSTORM:90742 last seen 2016-12-05 published 2010-06-17 reporter koshi source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/90742/Microsoft-Visual-Studio-Msmask32.ocx-ActiveX-Buffer-Overflow..html title Microsoft Visual Studio Msmask32.ocx ActiveX Buffer Overflow. data source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/82948/ms_visual_studio_msmask.rb.txt id PACKETSTORM:82948 last seen 2016-12-05 published 2009-11-26 reporter koshi source https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/82948/Microsoft-Visual-Studio-Msmask32.ocx-ActiveX-Buffer-Overflow.html title Microsoft Visual Studio Msmask32.ocx ActiveX Buffer Overflow
Saint
| bid | 30674 |
| description | Microsoft Visual Studio MaskedEdit ActiveX buffer overflow |
| id | misc_vstudioaxbo |
| osvdb | 47475 |
| title | visual_studio_msmask |
| type | client |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31498
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30674
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020710
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2380
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44444
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5794
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6244
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6317