CVE-2008-1898
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-04-21 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:40
Severity ?
Summary
A certain ActiveX control in WkImgSrv.dll 7.03.0616.0, as distributed in Microsoft Works 7 and Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an invalid WksPictureInterface property value, which triggers an improper function call.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0029.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/06/05/why-there-wont-be-a-security-update-for-wkimgsrv-dll.aspx
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491027/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28820Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41876
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5460
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5530
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0029.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/06/05/why-there-wont-be-a-security-update-for-wkimgsrv-dll.aspx
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491027/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28820Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41876
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5460
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5530
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