Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003 ActiveX Control Mschrt20.ocx resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. This affects an unknown function of the file Mschrt20.ocx of the component ActiveX Control. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-4256. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Visual Basic up to 2003. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file Mschrt20.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. CVE summarizes:

The Charts ActiveX control in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, 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 "Charts Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 12/09/2008. The weakness was published 12/09/2008 by Michal Bucko (CHkr_D591) with CERT/CC (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4256 since 09/25/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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. 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 (46190), Tenable (35634), SecurityFocus (BID 32614†), OSVDB (50581†) and Secunia (SA26534†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3879, VDB-3877, VDB-3876 and VDB-3878. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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: Michal Bucko (CHkr_D591)
Organization: CERT/CC
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4256 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4256
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3880

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X-Force: 46190
SecurityFocus: 32614 - Microsoft Charts ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 26534 - Microsoft Visual Basic ActiveX Controls Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50581 - Microsoft Visual Basic Charts ActiveX control code execution
SecurityTracker: 1021369
Vulnerability Center: 20184 - [MS08-070] Microsoft Visual Basic Charts 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 17:00
Changes: 12/19/2008 11:03 (100), 08/21/2019 17:00 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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