PT-2013-4205 · Microsoft · Windows Xp+2

Bob Clary · Published 2013-08-14 · Updated 2019-02-26 · CVE-2013-3181

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the Unicode Scripts Processor. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenType font. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could run arbitrary code as the current user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of crafted OpenType fonts until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3181

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Server 2003

Windows Xp

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3181 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3181 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17442 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-060 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-225A · Note