PT-2013-4679 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2013-09-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-3845

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 Internet Explorer versions 8 through 9

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted web site. This occurs because Internet Explorer improperly accesses an object in memory, potentially corrupting memory and enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8 through 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3845

ZDI-13-222

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3845 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-222 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3845 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-069 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18719 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-069 · Note