CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2959
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft visual basic enterprise edition 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29792 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43180 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851 www.exploit-db.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29792 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43180 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851 www.exploit-db.com