Signature Detail

HTTP: Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6 DSR File Handling Buffer Overflow

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft Visual Basic. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution within the context of the affected application.

Extended Description

Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6 is prone to two buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the application fails to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into insufficiently sized buffers. An attacker can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial of service. Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6 SP6 is vulnerable to these issues; other versions may also be affected.

Affected Products

• Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition 6 SP6

References

• BugTraq: 27349
• CVE: CVE-2008-0392