PT-2008-5538 · Microsoft · Visual Basic 6.0+2

Carsten Eiram + 1 · Published 2008-12-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-4254

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Microsoft Visual FoxPro versions 8.0 SP1 through 9.0 SP2

Description: The issue is related to multiple integer overflows in the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by crafting specific properties, such as Rows and Cols, to the ExpandAll and CollapseAll methods. The exploitation is linked to the access of incorrectly initialized objects and the corruption of the system state.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, update to a version that includes the fix for the Hierarchical FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption issue. For Microsoft Visual FoxPro versions 8.0 SP1 through 9.0 SP2, update to a version that includes the fix for the Hierarchical FlexGrid Control Memory Corruption issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Hierarchical FlexGrid ActiveX control until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4254

Affected Products

Hierarchical Flexgrid Activex Control

Visual Basic 6.0

Visual Foxpro

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4254 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-72 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-070 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3382 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4254 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021369 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-473.htm · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499059/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5805 · Note