CVE-2008-2959

Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by shinnai · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29792
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43180

Scores

EPSS 0.3470
EPSS Percentile 97.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/visual_basic_enterprise_edition 6.0 sp6
Published Jul 02, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026