Title : OpenVMS "SMGSHR.EXE" Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2439 CVE ID : CVE-2008-4052 CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-08-26
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in OpenVMS, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service or gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "SMGSHR.EXE" image when processing malformed data, which could allow malicious users to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
