Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution
Severity: MEDIUM
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-2463
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
The Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control in snapview.ocx 10.0.5529.0, as distributed in the standalone Snapshot Viewer and Microsoft Office Access 2000 through 2003, allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files to a client machine via a crafted HTML document or e-mail message, probably involving use of the SnapshotPath and CompressedPath properties and the PrintSnapshot method. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002621
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002621 - Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office2000
- microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office_2003
- microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office_xp