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Microsoft Looks into Visual Studio Bug
- Source: SC Magazine | Tags: Visual Studio 6, Microsoft, Bug, Secunia, Symantec | Posted by: Rupali | Posted on: Aug 18, 2008
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Microsoft is investigating a reported zero-day vulnerability that impacts Visual Studio 6, an older model of the software giant's developer tools suite.
The flaw is caused by a "Masked Edit" ActiveX control error that can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, according to vulnerability tracking firm Secunia, which assigned a "highly critical" rating to the bug.
Users can be infected with malicious code if they visit a specially crafted rogue website that "initializes the object with an overly long 'Mask' parameter," a Secunia advisory said.
Microsoft Visual Studio 6 Enterprise, Professional and Standard editions are vulnerable, although other versions may be affected, the advisory said.
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