CVE-2008-2959

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.

CVSS v2.0

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

24.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile

Published

2008-07-02

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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