VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-2959
CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability24.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-07-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer