Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 msgbox Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. It has been declared as very critical. This issue affects the function msgbox. Such manipulation leads to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-4732. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is the function msgbox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) 6 has an unknown impact ("overflow") via a project that contains a certain Click event procedure, as demonstrated using the msgbox function and the VB.Label object.

The weakness was shared 09/13/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4732 since 09/13/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2017).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/13/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3102 days 🔍
09/24/2017 +927 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4732 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4732
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32234

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 09/24/2017 10:21
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (39), 09/24/2017 10:21 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:BB3:103

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