Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 CCaret Object memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11. This impacts an unknown function of the component CCaret Object Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-3916. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component CCaret Object Handler. 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 8 through 11 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-2013-3912.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was released 11/12/2013 by Bo Qu with Palo Alto Networks as MS13-088 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-3916 since 06/03/2013. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/02/2021). 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 2078 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70846 (MS13-088: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2888505)), 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 100169 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-088)).

Applying the patch MS13-088 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 13330.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88381), Tenable (70846), SecurityFocus (BID 63596†), OSVDB (99642†) and Secunia (SA55054†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-10619, VDB-11136, VDB-11137 and VDB-11138. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 70846
Nessus Name: MS13-088: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2888505)
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OpenVAS ID: 903411
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2888505)
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Patch: MS13-088
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-088
Researcher: Bo Qu
Organization: Palo Alto Networks
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3916 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3916
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11141

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X-Force: 88381
SecurityFocus: 63596
Secunia: 55054 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 99642 - Microsoft IE Unspecified Memory Corruption (2013-3916)
Vulnerability Center: 42283 - [MS13-088] Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - 11 on Workstations Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3916), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/15/2013 11:17
Updated: 06/02/2021 01:39
Changes: 11/15/2013 11:17 (55), 04/07/2017 12:04 (33), 06/02/2021 01:25 (7), 06/02/2021 01:32 (2), 06/02/2021 01:39 (1)
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