CVE-2008-5492

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5492
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-12 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the PDFVIEW.PdfviewCtrl.1 ActiveX control in pdfview.ocx 2.0.0.1 in VeryDOC PDF Viewer OCX Control allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the OpenPDF method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Verypdf Verydoc Pdf Viewer 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Verypdf Verydoc Pdf Viewer 2.0.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VeryPDF PDFView OCX ActiveX OpenPDF Heap Overflow PoC - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
www.bmgsec.com.au/advisories/openpdf.txt MISC www.bmgsec.com.au Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VeryPDF PDFView ActiveX Component Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
VeryPDF PDFView - OCX ActiveX OpenPDF Heap Overflow (PoC) - Windows dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
VeryDOC PDF Viewer ActiveX Control "OpenPDF()" Buffer Overflow - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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