13906.txt

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Rule

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Sid
13906

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in office_snapshot_viewer_activex.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
The Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control in snapview.ocx, as distributed in the standalone Snapshot Viewer and Microsoft Office Access 2000 through 2003, allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files to a client machine via a crafted HTML document or e-mail message.  NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office_2003
Microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex office_xp
Microsoft office_snapshot_viewer_activex Office2000

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-2463:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-2463

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