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5.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express (Programming Tool Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-611. The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 12/01/2019 by John Page (hyp3rlinx) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at hyp3rlinx.altervista.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by John Page (hyp3rlinx) and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at hyp3rlinx.altervista.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 982 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5
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Exploiting
Class: Xml external entity referenceCWE: CWE-611 / CWE-610
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: John Page (hyp3rlinx)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
03/24/2017 🔍12/01/2019 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
Researcher: John Page (hyp3rlinx)
Status: Not defined
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 12/10/2019 07:03Updated: 12/10/2019 07:08
Changes: 12/10/2019 07:03 (46), 12/10/2019 07:08 (2)
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Submitter: hyp3rlinx
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Accepted
- Submit #129: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express IDE XML External Entity Injection 0Day (by hyp3rlinx)
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