Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003 ActiveX Control mscomct2.ocx memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file mscomct2.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-4255. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. This affects an unknown functionality of the file mscomct2.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in mscomct2.ocx (aka Windows Common ActiveX control or Microsoft Animation ActiveX control) in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2, and Office Project 2003 SP3 and 2007 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with a crafted stream length, which triggers an "allocation error" and memory corruption, aka "Windows Common AVI Parsing Overflow Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 12/09/2008. The weakness was shared 12/09/2008 by Brett Moore and Insomnia Security. CHkr_D591 with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4255 since 09/25/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Jerome Athias in Perl and been published 3 days after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. 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 (48326), Exploit-DB (7431), Tenable (35634), SecurityFocus (BID 32613†) and OSVDB (50580†). The entries VDB-3880, VDB-3877, VDB-3876 and VDB-3878 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Jerome Athias
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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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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Brett Moore, Insomnia Security. CHkr_D591
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4255 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3879

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X-Force: 48326
SecurityFocus: 32613 - Microsoft Windows Common AVI ActiveX Control File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 26534 - Microsoft Visual Basic ActiveX Controls Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50580 - Microsoft Visual Basic Windows Common ActiveX control AVI buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1021369
Vulnerability Center: 20183 - [MS08-070] Microsoft Visual Basic Windows Common ActiveX Remote Code Execution or DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3382

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2008 11:03
Updated: 08/21/2019 16:57
Changes: 12/19/2008 11:03 (109), 08/21/2019 16:57 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:C49:103

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