Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947890)
🗓️ 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Remote Code Execution (MS08-008; CVE-2007-0065) | 12 Feb 200800:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2007-0065 | 12 Feb 200822:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2007-0065 | 12 Feb 200822:00 | – | cvelist | |
| MS08-008 / MS08-013: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947890 / 947108) (Mac OS X) | 20 Oct 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| MS08-008: Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947890) | 12 Feb 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2007-0065 | 12 Feb 200823:00 | – | nvd | |
| Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947890) | 13 Jan 201100:00 | – | openvas | |
| Heap overflow | 12 Feb 200823:00 | – | prion | |
| Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-008 – Critical Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947890) | 12 Feb 200800:00 | – | securityvulns | |
| Microsoft Windows OLE buffer overflow | 12 Feb 200800:00 | – | securityvulns |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/27661 |
| docs | www.docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-008 |
| securitytracker | www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Feb/1019373.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801703");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-01-13 17:08:42 +0100 (Thu, 13 Jan 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-0065");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution (947890)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Feb/1019373.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27661");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-008");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/registry_enumerated");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in the VBScript and JScript scripting
engines during handling of certain script requests when using OLE.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS08-008.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
sysPath = smb_get_systemroot();
if(!sysPath ){
exit(0);
}
dllPath = sysPath + "\system32\oleaut32.dll";
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:dllPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:dllPath);
dllVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(!dllVer){
exit(0);
}
## MS08-008 Hotfix (947890)
if(hotfix_missing(name:"947890") == 0){
exit(0);
}
key = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\";
if(!registry_key_exists(key:key)) {
exit(0);
}
foreach item (registry_enum_keys(key:key))
{
appName = registry_get_sz(item:"DisplayName", key:key + item);
if("Microsoft Visual Basic" >< appName)
{
if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"2.40", test_version2:"2.40.4531.9") ||
version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"2.40", test_version2:"2.40.4519.9") ||
version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.2", test_version2:"5.2.3790.726") ||
version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.2", test_version2:"5.2.3790.3056") ||
version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.2", test_version2:"5.2.3790.4201") ||
version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.0", test_version2:"6.0.6000.20731") ||
version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"3.50", test_version2:"3.50.5021.9") ||
version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.1", test_version2:"5.1.2600.3265"))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
}
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4, win2k:5, win2003:3, winVista:2) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(win2k:5) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"2.40.4532.0")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/WinXP/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.1.2600.3266")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(win2003:3) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/Win2003/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 1" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.2.3790.3057")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.2.3790.4202")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(winVista:3) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.0.6000.16607")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
exit(0);
}
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