CVE-2008-2959

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
34.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: July 2, 2008 (6525 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

microsoft visual basic enterprise edition

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com