PT-2013-3840 · Adobe+1 · Flash Player+1

Published 2013-03-11 · Updated 2013-03-16 · CVE-2013-2557

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 9

Description The issue affects the sandbox protection mechanism, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This was demonstrated against Adobe Flash Player during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2557

Affected Products

Flash Player

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2557 · Security Note
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 · Note
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840 · Note
• http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713 · Note