Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution

Publish date: July 21, 2015
  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

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