Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 XMLDOM ActiveX Control Multiple information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component XMLDOM ActiveX Control. Such manipulation leads to input validation (Multiple). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-7331. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component XMLDOM ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Multiple). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was published 02/17/2014 by Darien Kindlund, Dan Caselden, Xiaobo Chen, Ned Moran and Mike Scott with FireEye as MS14-052 / Operation SnowMan: DeputyDog Actor Compromises US Veterans of Foreign Wars Website as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at fireeye.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-7331 since 02/25/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

The vulnerability is a previously unknown use-after-free bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10. The vulnerability allows the attacker to modify one byte of memory at an arbitrary address. The attacker uses the vulnerability to do the following: Gain access to memory from Flash ActionScript, bypassing address space layout randomization (ASLR). Pivot to a return-oriented programing (ROP) exploit technique to bypass data execution prevention (DEP)

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4715 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77572 (MS14-052: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2977629)), 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 100210 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS14-052)). This issue was added on 05/25/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 06/15/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Applying the patch MS14-052 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91305), Zero-Day.cz (37), Tenable (77572) and SecurityFocus (BID 65601†). kb.cert.org is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-67505, VDB-67513, VDB-67484 and VDB-67483. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: Multiple
Class: Information disclosure / Multiple
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 77572
Nessus Name: MS14-052: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2977629)
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OpenVAS ID: 53227
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2977629)
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MetaSploit ID: ms14_052_xmldom.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS14-052 Microsoft Internet Explorer XMLDOM Filename Disclosure
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Patch: MS14-052

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-052 / Operation SnowMan: DeputyDog Actor Compromises US Veterans of Foreign Wars Website
Researcher: Darien Kindlund, Dan Caselden, Xiaobo Chen, Ned Moran, Mike Scott
Organization: FireEye
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-7331 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-7331
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12410

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X-Force: 91305 - Microsoft XMLDOM ActiveX control information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 65601 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2013-7331 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030818

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2014 13:31
Updated: 01/08/2025 04:39
Changes: 02/26/2014 13:31 (83), 04/07/2017 12:04 (6), 06/09/2021 20:24 (4), 06/09/2021 20:32 (1), 04/26/2024 14:42 (29), 07/11/2024 23:51 (4), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1), 12/20/2024 05:18 (6), 01/08/2025 04:39 (2)
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