Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and 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-2013-3187 and CVE-2013-3193.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was published 08/13/2013 by Ivan Fratric and Ben Hawkes with Google Security Team as MS13-059 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-3191 since 04/17/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/21/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1987 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69324 (MS13-059: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2862772)), 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 100160 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-059)).

Applying the patch MS13-059 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 13103.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (69324). support.microsoft.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at 9930, 9931, 9932 and 9933.

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Class: Memory corruption
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Nessus ID: 69324
Nessus Name: MS13-059: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2862772)
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OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2862772)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-059
Researcher: Ivan Fratric, Ben Hawkes
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3191 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 41053 - [MS13-059] Internet Explorer Versions 6-10 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Memory Corruption (CVE-2013-3191), Critical
Secunia: 53998 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 96187 - Microsoft IE Unspecified Memory Corruption (2013-3191)

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Created: 08/15/2013 10:24
Updated: 05/21/2021 13:17
Changes: 08/15/2013 10:24 (57), 04/07/2017 12:03 (33), 05/21/2021 13:12 (7), 05/21/2021 13:17 (1)
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