PT-2013-4736 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2013-11-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-3912

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 11

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 objects in memory, potentially corrupting memory in a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8 through 11, 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-2013-3912

ZDI-13-266

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3912 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3912 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-266 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19182 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-088 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A · Note