Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003 ActiveX Control msflxgrd.ocx resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. Impacted is an unknown function of the file msflxgrd.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-4253. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file msflxgrd.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The FlexGrid ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, Office FrontPage 2002 SP3, and Office Project 2003 SP3 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 "FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 12/09/2008. The weakness was disclosed 12/09/2008 by AdLab with AD-LAB as confirmed advisory (Secunia). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4253 since 09/25/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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. 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 (46183), Tenable (35634), SecurityFocus (BID 32592†), OSVDB (50578†) and Secunia (SA26534†). The entries VDB-3880, VDB-3879, VDB-3876 and VDB-3878 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: AdLab
Organization: AD-LAB
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4253 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3877

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X-Force: 46183
SecurityFocus: 32592 - Microsoft FlexGrid ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 26534 - Microsoft Visual Basic ActiveX Controls Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50578 - Microsoft Visual Basic Flexgrid ActiveX control code execution
SecurityTracker: 1021369
Vulnerability Center: 20181 - [MS08-070] Microsoft Visual Basic Flexgrid ActiveX Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3382

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Created: 12/19/2008 11:03
Updated: 08/21/2019 16:48
Changes: 12/19/2008 11:03 (100), 08/21/2019 16:48 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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