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CVE-2008-2959

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition: 6.0-sp6

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29792
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43180
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29792
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43180
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5851

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