PT-2013-3835 · Microsoft · Windows 8+1

Published 2013-03-11 · Updated 2013-03-16 · CVE-2013-2552

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a Medium integrity process. This was demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2552

Affected Products

Internet Explorer 10

Windows 8

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2552 · Security Note
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 · Note
• http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617 · Note
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320 · Note