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CVE-2008-4922
published 2008-11-04

CVE-2008-4922: Buffer overflow in the DjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 for Microsoft Office (DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long…

PriorityP351critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
32.75%
98.1th percentile
Buffer overflow in the DjVu ActiveX Control 3.0 for Microsoft Office (DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) ImageURL property, and possibly the (2) Mode, (3) Page, or (4) Zoom properties.

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

filenameDjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll
other0x0A0A0A0A
other0x0A0A0A0A
bytes
%uE860%u0000%u0000%u815D%u06ED%u0000%u8A00%u1285%u0001%u0800%u75C0%uFE0F%u1285%u0001%uE800%u001A%u0000%uC009%u1074%u0A6A%u858D%u0114%u0000%uFF50%u0695%u0001%u6100%uC031%uC489%uC350%u8D60%u02BD%u0001%u3100%uB0C0%u6430%u008B%u408B%u8B0C%u1C40%u008B%u408B%uFC08%uC689%u3F83%u7400%uFF0F%u5637%u33E8%u0000%u0900%u74C0%uAB2B%uECEB%uC783%u8304%u003F%u1774%uF889%u5040%u95FF%u0102%u0000%uC009%u1274%uC689%uB60F%u0107%uEBC7%u31CD%u40C0%u4489%u1C24%uC361%uC031%uF6EB%u8B60%u2444%u0324%u3C40%u408D%u8D18%u6040%u388B%uFF09%u5274%u7C03%u2424%u4F8B%u8B18%u205F%u5C03%u2424%u49FC%u407C%u348B%u038B%u2474%u3124%u99C0%u08AC%u74C0%uC107%u07C2%uC201%uF4EB%u543B%u2824%uE175%u578B%u0324%u2454%u0F24%u04B7%uC14A%u02E0%u578B%u031C%u2454%u8B24%u1004%u4403%u2424%u4489%u1C24%uC261%u0008%uC031%uF4EB%uFFC9%u10DF%u9231%uE8BF%u0000%u0000%u0000%u0000%u9000%u6163%u636C%u652E%u6578%u9000
  • Detect heap spray targeting address 0x0a0a0a0a with 4MB heap blocks; monitor JavaScript allocating large arrays of repeated NOP sleds followed by shellcode in browser context.
  • Monitor instantiation of the DjVu_ActiveX_MSOffice.dll ActiveX control in browser/Office context, especially when the ImageURL property is set to an overly long string.
  • The ActiveX control is not marked safe for scripting; alert on HTML pages that instantiate this control via OBJECT tags, as this is a required attack vector condition.
  • Look for the shellcode NOP sled pattern %u9090%u9090 combined with large JavaScript string allocations in a loop, characteristic of heap spray delivery for this exploit.
  • ·The Metasploit module targets Windows XP SP0-SP3 and Windows Vista with IE 6.0 SP0-SP2 and IE 7 only; the heap spray return address 0x0A0A0A0A is hardcoded for this target set and may not apply to other platforms.
  • ·Payload space is limited to 1024 bytes with null bytes as bad characters; shellcode must avoid \x00.
  • ·EXITFUNC is set to 'process', meaning exploitation terminates the host process on exit rather than using a thread-safe exit; this affects post-exploitation stability.
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