CVE-2008-0437

HP Virtual Rooms - Buffer Overflow via ActiveX Control Property Manipulation

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0437. PoCs published by Elazar.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in HP Virtual Rooms WebHPVCInstall Control (CVE-2008-0437). It uses a heap spray technique to achieve remote code execution by overflowing the `AuthenticationURL` property with a large buffer followed by shellcode.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the WebHPVCInstall.HPVirtualRooms14 ActiveX control in HPVirtualRooms14.dll 1.0.0.100, as used in the installation process for HP Virtual Rooms, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) AuthenticationURL, (2) PortalAPIURL, or (3) cabroot property value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Elazar · htmlremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4959

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This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in HP Virtual Rooms WebHPVCInstall Control (CVE-2008-0437). It uses a heap spray technique to achieve remote code execution by overflowing the `AuthenticationURL` property with a large buffer followed by shellcode.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Racy

Target: HP Virtual Rooms WebHPVCInstall Control (hpvirtualrooms14.dll version 1.0.0.100)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 6 · Target system must have the vulnerable HP Virtual Rooms control installed

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →