Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Vulnerability
🗓️ 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2008-2463 | 24 Jul 200800:00 | – | circl | |
| Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (CVE-2008-2463) | 8 Jul 200800:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download - Ver2 (CVE-2008-2463) | 31 Mar 201400:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2008-2463 | 7 Jul 200823:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2008-2463 | 7 Jul 200823:00 | – | cvelist | |
| DSquare Exploit Pack: D2SEC_SNPVW2 | 7 Jul 200823:41 | – | d2 | |
| Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access - ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download (Metasploit) | 20 Sep 201000:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| Microsoft Access - 'Snapview.ocx 10.0.5529.0' ActiveX Remote File Download | 24 Jul 200800:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download | 1 Oct 200822:40 | – | metasploit | |
| CVE-2008-2463 | 7 Jul 200823:41 | – | nvd |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900004");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:05+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:05 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-08-19 14:38:55 +0200 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2463");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Windows");
script_name("Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Vulnerability");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MS Access Snapshot (with/without) MS Office Access (2000/2002/2003) - Windows (All).");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Microsoft Access Snapshot in Microsoft Office Access is prone
to ActiveX control vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Overview: Microsoft Access Snapshot in Microsoft Office Access is prone
to ActiveX control vulnerabilities.
The ActiveX control for viewing a snapshot of Microsoft Access report.
A specially crafted Web site, when visited can inject arbitrary code
because of a vulnerability in the ActiveX control.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Exploitation involves convincing the victim to view an HTML
document (eg., web page, HTML email, or email attachment). When a
user views the web page, the vulnerability could allow remove code
execution.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/837785");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30114");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2012");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/955179");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-041");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
exit(0);
}
if(!registry_key_exists(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" +
"\Uninstall\Snapshot Viewer")){
exit(0);
}
ocxFile = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\Setup",
item:"Install Path");
ocxFile += "\snapview.ocx";
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:ocxFile);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:ocxFile);
name = kb_smb_name();
login = kb_smb_login();
pass = kb_smb_password();
domain = kb_smb_domain();
port = kb_smb_transport();
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(!soc){
exit(0);
}
if( ! get_kb_item( "login/SMB/kerberos/success" ) ) {
info = smb_login_and_get_tid_uid(soc:soc, name:name, login:login, passwd:pass, domain:domain, share:share);
} else {
kdc = kb_smb_kdc();
host = kb_smb_hostname();
info = smb_login_and_get_tid_uid(soc:soc, name:name, login:login, passwd:pass, domain:domain, share:share, kdc:kdc, host:host );
}
if(isnull(info)) {
close(soc);
exit(0);
}
uid = info["uid"];
tid = info["tid"];
fid = OpenAndX(socket:soc, uid:uid, tid:tid, file:file);
if(!fid){
exit(0);
}
fsize = smb_get_file_size(socket:soc, uid:uid, tid:tid, fid:fid);
off = fsize - 90000;
while(fsize != off)
{
data = ReadAndX(socket:soc, uid:uid, tid:tid, fid:fid, count:16384, off:off);
data = str_replace(find:raw_string(0), replace:"", string:data);
version = strstr(data, "ProductVersion");
if(!version){
off += 16383;
}
else break;
}
if(!version){
exit(0);
}
v = "";
for(i = strlen("ProductVersion"); i < strlen(version); i++)
{
if((ord(version[i]) < ord("0") ||
ord(version[i]) > ord("9")) && version[i] != "."){
break;
}
else
v += version[i];
}
if(egrep(pattern:"^10\.0\.([0-4][0-9].*|5[0-4].*|55[0-2][0-9])", string:v)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.1
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.59125