PT-2013-4704 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2013-10-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-3871

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 6 through 10

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper memory access, potentially leading to memory corruption and allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This can be achieved via a crafted web site.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10, update to a version that is not affected by this issue to prevent potential memory corruption and arbitrary code execution.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3871

ZDI-13-232

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-232 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3871 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3871 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18936 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-088 · Note
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/10/08/the-october-2013-security-updates.aspx · Note