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>> Microsoft Visual Studio "Msmask32" Code Execution Vulnerability

Title : Microsoft Visual Studio "Msmask32" Code Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2380
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3704
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-14

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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Visual Studio, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "Msmask32.ocx" ActiveX control when handling an overly long argument passed to the "Mask" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Note: Reportedly, this vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Symantec.

ChangeLog

2008-08-14 : Initial release
2008-08-20 : Updated Advisory

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