TI-2008-02833 Aliases CVE-2008-2959 GHSA-7787-j9w7-fmxm

Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control (vb6skit.dll) in Microsoft Visual Basic…

MEDIUM 61CWE-119Published 2008-07-02 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.24805 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_enterprise_edition:6.0:sp6::::::	6.0 sp6	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_enterprise_edition:6.0:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 sp6 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-2959
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7787-j9w7-fmxm

References

Exploit 1

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Sources

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