Microsoft Visual Studio 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-3704,MS08-070
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Heap-based buffer overflow in the MaskedEdit ActiveX control in Msmask32.ocx 6.0.81.69, and possibly other versions before 6.0.84.18, in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2002 SP1 and 2003 SP1, and Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Mask parameter, related to not "validating property values with boundary checks," as exploited in the wild in August 2008, aka "Masked Edit Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
nvd: Additional advisory information from Secunia: http://secunia.com/advisories/31498/
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
'Visual Studio 6 was last updated June 2000, a Microsoft spokeswoman told SCMagazineUS.com. The version is no longer supported. Visual Studio 2008 is the latest release and microsoft encourages users to update to the newest version.'
Source: http://www.scmagazineus.com/Microsoft-looks-into-Visual-Studio-bug/article/115459/
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1002708
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1002708 - Microsoft Visual Studio 'Msmask32.ocx' ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft visual_basic 6.0
- microsoft visual_foxpro 8.0
- microsoft visual_foxpro 9.0
- microsoft visual_studio 6.0
- microsoft visual_studio_.net 2002
- microsoft visual_studio_.net 2003
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