Vulnerability CVE-2008-5492
Published: 2008-12-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Heap-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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
VeryPDF PDFView OCX ActiveX OpenPDF Heap Overflow PoC
r0ut3r
13.12.2008

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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
Verypdf -> Verydoc pdf viewer 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46622
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32313
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7126
http://www.bmgsec.com.au/advisories/openpdf.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4715
http://secunia.com/advisories/32725
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