Microsoft Visual Studio UserControl.Load code execution

visualstudio-usercontrol-code-execution (24116)

Medium Risk

Description:

Microsoft Visual Studio could allow an attacker to create a malicious Visual Studio project that could be used to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system. An attacker could create a Visual Studio project containing malicious user-defined control, which would be called by the UserControl.Load function once the form containing the user-defined control is loaded. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system, if the attacker could persuade the victim to open the malicious Visual Studio project.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	8
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete
Temporal Score:	6.5
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

• BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jan 13 2006 - 05:57:24 CST: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution.
• BID-16225: Microsoft Visual Studio UserControl Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
• CVE-2006-0187: By design, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 automatically executes code in the Load event of a user-defined control (UserControl1_Load function), which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into opening a malicious Visual Studio project file.
• SA18409: Microsoft Visual Studio User Control Load Event Vulnerability
• VUPEN/ADV-2006-0151: Microsoft Visual Studio UserControl.Load Code Execution Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Reported:

Jan 13, 2006

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