Microsoft Rich Textbox Control 6.0 ActiveX Control richtx32.ocx input validation
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Rich Textbox Control 6.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file richtx32.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The Microsoft Rich Textbox ActiveX Control (RICHTX32.OCX) 6.1.97.82 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by invoking the insecure SaveFile method.
The weakness was released 01/10/2008. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0237. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5891.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (39557).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Saint ID: exploit_info/microsoft_rich_textbox_savefile
Saint Name: Microsoft Rich Textbox ActiveX control SaveFile vulnerability
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
01/09/2008 🔍01/09/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-0237 (🔍)
X-Force: 39557
Vulnerability Center: 23079 - Microsoft Rich Textbox ActiveX Control 6.1.97.82 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 27201
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 07/30/2021 14:27
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (36), 07/08/2015 12:04 (16), 07/30/2021 14:22 (3), 07/30/2021 14:23 (7), 07/30/2021 14:27 (2)
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