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CVE-2008-5492 (GCVE-0-2008-5492)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:56
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PDFVIEW.PdfviewCtrl.1 ActiveX control in pdfview.ocx 2.0.0.1 in VeryDOC PDF Viewer OCX Control allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the OpenPDF method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32725 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7126 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.bmgsec.com.au/advisories/openpdf.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4715 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32313 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-11-15 00:00
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