PT-2008-4440 · Microsoft · Windows Media Encoder 9 Series

Le Manh Tung + 1 · Published 2008-09-10 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-3008

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Media Encoder 9 Series

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the WMEncProfileManager ActiveX control. This occurs when a long first argument is passed to the GetDetailsString method, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Windows Media Encoder 9 Series, apply the patch provided by Microsoft to fix the buffer overflow issue in the WMEncProfileManager ActiveX control.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3008

Affected Products

Windows Media Encoder 9 Series

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms08_053_mediaencoder.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16521 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6454 · Exploit
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3008 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122235754013992&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/996227 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2521 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020832 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31065 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-253A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6018 · Note