Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3152.

The weakness was released 07/09/2013 by Toan Pham Van as ms13-jul as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-3146 since 04/17/2013. The attack needs to be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67212 (MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100157 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-055)).

Applying the patch MS13-JUL is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13045.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (67212), SecurityFocus (BID 60960†), OSVDB (94974†), Secunia (SA54060†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40403†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-9399, VDB-9400, VDB-9401 and VDB-9402. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 67212
Nessus Name: MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)
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OpenVAS ID: 903314
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2846071)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: ms13-jul
Researcher: Toan Pham Van
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3146 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 60960
Secunia: 54060 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 94974 - Microsoft IE column-count CSS Property Handling Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 40403 - [MS13-055] Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution \\ DoS - CVE-2013-3146, Critical

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Created: 07/10/2013 03:53 PM
Updated: 05/18/2021 09:45 AM
Changes: 07/10/2013 03:53 PM (51), 04/07/2017 03:21 PM (34), 05/18/2021 09:40 AM (8), 05/18/2021 09:45 AM (1)
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Committer: olku
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