CVE-2008-2959
Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 - Buffer Overflow via fCreateShellLink lpstrLinkPath Argument
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-2959. PoCs published by shinnai.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a proof-of-concept exploit for a buffer overflow vulnerability in vb6stkit.dll, part of Visual Basic Enterprise Edition SP6. It demonstrates EIP control via an overly long string passed to the lpstrLinkPath parameter in the fCreateShellLink function.
Description
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control (vb6skit.dll) in Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long lpstrLinkPath argument to the fCreateShellLink function.
Exploits (1)
This is a proof-of-concept exploit for a buffer overflow vulnerability in vb6stkit.dll, part of Visual Basic Enterprise Edition SP6. It demonstrates EIP control via an overly long string passed to the lpstrLinkPath parameter in the fCreateShellLink function.