CVE-2007-0025: microsoft visual_studio_.net Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-0025 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft visual_studio_.net. EPSS estimates a 36.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-02-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The MFC component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1 and Visual Studio .NET 2000, 2002 SP1, 2003, and 2003 SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with a malformed OLE object that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: this might be due to a stack-based buffer overflow in the AfxOleSetEditMenu function in MFC42u.dll.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.