Vulnerability CVE-2008-1898
Published: 2008-04-21   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Microsoft Works 7 WkImgSrv.dll crash POC
wsn1983
22.04.2008

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> Works 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0029.html
http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/06/05/why-there-wont-be-a-security-update-for-wkimgsrv-dll.aspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491027/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28820
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41876
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5460
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5530
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