Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003 ActiveX Control msdatgrd.ocx access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file msdatgrd.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-4252. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the file msdatgrd.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The DataGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 does not properly handle errors during access to incorrectly initialized objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to corruption of the "system state," aka "DataGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 12/09/2008. The weakness was released 12/09/2008 by AdLab with AD-LAB as MS08-070 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4252 since 09/25/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35634 (MS KB960715: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90452 (Microsoft Visual Studio "Msmask32.ocx" ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (MS08-070)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-070 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6539.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48326), Tenable (35634), SecurityFocus (BID 32591†), OSVDB (50578†) and Secunia (SA26534†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3880, VDB-3879, VDB-3877 and VDB-3878. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35634
Nessus Name: MS KB960715: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-070
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-070⛔
Researcher: AdLab
Organization: AD-LAB
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4252 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4252
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3876

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X-Force: 48326
SecurityFocus: 32591 - Microsoft DataGrid ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 26534 - Microsoft Visual Basic ActiveX Controls Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50578 - Microsoft Visual Basic FlexGrid ActiveX (msflxgrd.ocx) Unspecified Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1021369
Vulnerability Center: 20180 - [MS08-070] Microsoft Visual Basic Datagrid ActiveX Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3382

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2008 11:03
Updated: 08/21/2019 16:47
Changes: 12/19/2008 11:03 (104), 08/21/2019 16:47 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:629:103

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