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>> Microsoft Visual Studio Resource File Handling Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Microsoft Visual Studio Resource File Handling Client-Side Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0296
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0468
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-23
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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Visual Studio, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error when processing a resource file (.rc) containing an overly long "TYPELIB MOVEABLE PURE" statement, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file or project.
Affected Products
Microsoft Visual Studio 6 SP6 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0296
Credits
Vulnerability reported by porkythepig
ChangeLog
2007-01-23 : Initial release
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