Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4922 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Djvu Activex Control for Microsoft Office 2000

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
djvu
CWE-119
exploit available
metasploit
NVD
Published: 2008-11-04
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Buffer overflow in the DjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 for Microsoft Office (DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) ImageURL property, and possibly the (2) Mode, (3) Page, or (4) Zoom properties.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Djvu
1
Application
Microsoft
1

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

  • descriptionDjVu DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll ActiveX ComponentBuffer Overflow. CVE-2008-4922. Remote exploit for windows platform
    idEDB-ID:16638
    last seen2016-02-02
    modified2010-09-25
    published2010-09-25
    reportermetasploit
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/16638/
    titleDjVu DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll ActiveX ComponentBuffer Overflow
  • descriptionDjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 ImageURL Property Overflow Exploit. CVE-2008-4922. Remote exploit for windows platform
    fileexploits/windows/remote/6878.html
    idEDB-ID:6878
    last seen2016-02-01
    modified2008-10-30
    platformwindows
    port
    published2008-10-30
    reporterShahriyar Jalayeri
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/6878/
    titleDjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 ImageURL Property Overflow Exploit
    typeremote

Metasploit

descriptionThis module exploits a stack buffer overflow in DjVu ActiveX Component. When sending an overly long string to the ImageURL() property of DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll (3.0) an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. This control is not marked safe for scripting, so choose your attack vector accordingly.
idMSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/FILEFORMAT/DJVU_IMAGEURL
last seen2020-03-11
modified2020-01-15
published2009-01-05
referenceshttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4922
reporterRapid7
sourcehttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/djvu_imageurl.rb
titleDjVu DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll ActiveX ComponentBuffer Overflow

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/82974/djvu_imageurl.rb.txt
idPACKETSTORM:82974
last seen2016-12-05
published2009-11-26
reporterdean
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/82974/DjVu-DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll-ActiveX-ComponentBuffer-Overflow.html
titleDjVu DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll ActiveX ComponentBuffer Overflow

References