// For flags

CVE-2008-2959

Visual Basic Enterprise Edition SP6 - 'vb6skit.dll' Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Severity Score

9.3
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer en un determinado control ActiveX (vb6skit.dll) de Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0 SP6 puede permitir a atacantes remotos ejecutar código de su elección a través de un argumento lpstrLinkPath largo de la función fCreateShellLink.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-07-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-07-02 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-07 First Exploit
  • 2024-09-21 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Microsoft
Search vendor "Microsoft"
 Visual Basic Enterprise Edition
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Visual Basic Enterprise Edition"
 6.0
Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Visual Basic Enterprise Edition" and version "6.0"
sp6
Affected