Visual Basic Enterprise Edition SP6 vb6skit.dll Buffer Overflow

  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-2959
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

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.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

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  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002589
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002589 - Visual Basic Enterprise Edition SP6 vb6skit.dll Buffer Overflow

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6.0

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