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Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Buffer Overflow

Secunia Advisory:

SA21408

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Release Date:

2006-08-08

Last Update:

2006-08-22

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Critical:

Extremely critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

Microsoft Access 2000
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office Project 2002
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Project 2000
Microsoft Visio 2002
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications SDK 6.x
Microsoft Works Suite 2004
Microsoft Works Suite 2005
Microsoft Works Suite 2006

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the Visual Basic Design Time Environment (VBE6.DLL) when document properties are passed from a host application when opening a document. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. opens a specially crafted Office document or visits a malicious website.

NOTE: According to the vendor, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

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