CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. It affects Microsoft. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 24.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2008-2959
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
24.80%
Microsoft
Original NVD 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.