Microsoft Visual Studio prior 6.0 Masked Edit Control Msmask32.ocx Mask memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio. This impacts an unknown function of the file Msmask32.ocx of the component Masked Edit Control. This manipulation of the argument Mask causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-3704. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Microsoft Visual Studio (Programming Tool Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file Msmask32.ocx of the component Masked Edit Control. The manipulation of the argument Mask with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Mask parameter, related to not "validating property values with boundary checks," as exploited in the wild in August 2008, aka "Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 08/13/2008. The weakness was presented 08/18/2008 by Ligen with Symantec (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3704 since 08/18/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/03/2024).

A public exploit has been developed in Javascript. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35069 (MS08-070: Vulnerabilities in Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX Controls Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932349)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins 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 to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6198.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48326), Exploit-DB (6244), Zero-Day.cz (152), Tenable (35069) and SecurityFocus (BID 30674†). See VDB-3880, VDB-3879, VDB-3877 and VDB-3876 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 35069
Nessus Name: MS08-070: Vulnerabilities in Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX Controls Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932349)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/visual_studio_msmask
Saint Name: Microsoft Visual Studio MaskedEdit ActiveX buffer overflow

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MetaSploit ID: ms08_070_visual_studio_msmask.rb
MetaSploit Name: Microsoft Visual Studio Mdmask32.ocx ActiveX Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Visual Studio 6.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Ligen
Organization: Symantec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3704 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3704
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43723

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X-Force: 48326
SecurityFocus: 30674 - Microsoft Visual Studio 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 31498 - Microsoft Visual Studio Masked Edit Control "Mask" Buffer Overflow, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 47475 - Microsoft Visual Studio Masked Edit ActiveX control buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1020710
Vulnerability Center: 19237 - [MS08-070] Microsoft Visual Studio MaskedEdit Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS or Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3382

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

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 11/03/2024 07:02
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (105), 08/16/2019 06:54 (5), 07/20/2024 17:39 (18), 11/03/2024 07:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:754:103

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