PT-2013-5346 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

James Forshaw · Published 2013-12-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-5046

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11

Description The issue allows local users to bypass the Protected Mode protection mechanism, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging the ability to execute sandboxed code. Elevation of privilege vulnerabilities exist within Internet Explorer during validation of local file installation and during secure creation of registry keys.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-5046

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5046 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-097 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5046 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-097 · Note