Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4253 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Office Project 2003 SP3 does not properly handle errors during access to incorrectly initialized objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to corruption of the "system state," aka "FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 10 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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 NASL id SMB_KB_960715.NASL description The remote host is missing a list of kill bits for ActiveX controls that are known to contain vulnerabilities. If these ActiveX controls are ever installed on the remote host, either now or in the future, they would expose it to various security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35634 published 2009-02-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35634 title MS KB960715: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(35634); script_version("1.32"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:28"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2008-4252", "CVE-2008-4253", "CVE-2008-4254", "CVE-2008-4255", "CVE-2008-4256", "CVE-2009-0305" ); script_bugtraq_id(33663); script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2008-A-0088"); script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2009-A-0016"); script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2009-B-0009"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"960715"); script_name(english:"MS KB960715: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits"); script_summary(english:"Determines if the newest kill bits are set"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Windows host is missing a security update containing ActiveX kill bits."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is missing a list of kill bits for ActiveX controls that are known to contain vulnerabilities. If these ActiveX controls are ever installed on the remote host, either now or in the future, they would expose it to various security issues."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAdvisories/2009/960715"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Microsoft has released an advisory for KB960715."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'D2ExploitPack'); script_cwe_id(119, 189, 264, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/02/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/o:microsoft:windows"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Windows"); script_dependencies("smb_hotfixes.nasl"); script_require_keys("SMB/Registry/Enumerated", "SMB/WindowsVersion"); script_require_ports(139, 445); exit(0); } include("smb_func.inc"); include("smb_hotfixes.inc"); include("smb_activex_func.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("SMB/Registry/Enumerated")) exit(0, "The 'SMB/Registry/Enumerated' KB item is missing."); if (hotfix_check_sp(win2k:6, xp:4, win2003:3, vista:2) <= 0) exit(0, "The host is not affected based on its version / service pack."); if (hotfix_check_server_core() == 1) exit(0, "Windows Server Core installs are not affected."); if (activex_init() != ACX_OK) exit(1, "Unable to initialize the ActiveX API."); # Test each control. info = ""; clsids = make_list( "{FFBB3F3B-0A5A-4106-BE53-DFE1E2340CB1}", "{4788DE08-3552-49EA-AC8C-233DA52523B9}", "{1E216240-1B7D-11CF-9D53-00AA003C9CB6}", "{3A2B370C-BA0A-11d1-B137-0000F8753F5D}", "{B09DE715-87C1-11d1-8BE3-0000F8754DA1}", "{cde57a43-8b86-11d0-b3c6-00a0c90aea82}", "{6262d3a0-531b-11cf-91f6-c2863c385e30}", "{0ECD9B64-23AA-11d0-B351-00A0C9055D8E}", "{C932BA85-4374-101B-A56C-00AA003668DC}", "{248dd896-bb45-11cf-9abc-0080c7e7b78d}" ); foreach clsid (clsids) { if (activex_get_killbit(clsid:clsid) == 0) { info += ' ' + clsid + '\n'; if (!thorough_tests) break; } } activex_end(); if (info) { if (report_verbosity > 0) { if (max_index(split(info)) > 1) s = "s"; else s = ""; report = string( "\n", "The kill bit has not been set for the following control", s, " :\n", "\n", info ); if (!thorough_tests) { report = string( report, "\n", "Note that Nessus did not check whether there were other kill bits\n", "that have not been set because the 'Perofrm thorough tests' setting\n", "was not enabled when this scan was run.\n" ); } security_warning(port:kb_smb_transport(), extra:report); } else security_warning(kb_smb_transport()); }
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 | 2012-11-12T04:00:35.411-05:00 | ||||||||||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||
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definition_extensions |
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description | The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Office Project 2003 SP3 does not properly handle errors during access to incorrectly initialized objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to corruption of the "system state," aka "FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5994 | ||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2008-12-09T13:31:00 | ||||||||||||||||
title | FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||
version | 68 |
References
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32592
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021369
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5994