Microsoft Windows Local Privilege Escalation

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7.8$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Windows. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2553. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 7 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Nils and Jon of MWR Labs during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0912.

The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2013 (Website). The advisory is available at twitter.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2553. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/30/2021).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100147 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-037)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82775), SecurityFocus (BID 58563†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38842†). The entries VDB-7680, VDB-7975, VDB-7977 and VDB-7978 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/02/2013 🔍
03/10/2013 +7 days 🔍
03/11/2013 +1 days 🔍
03/11/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/20/2013 +9 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +734 days 🔍
12/30/2021 +2473 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: twitter.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-2553 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2553
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63722
X-Force: 82775
SecurityFocus: 58563
Vulnerability Center: 38842 - Microsoft Windows 7 Local Privilege Escalation - CVE-2013-2553, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/30/2021 04:33
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (36), 04/07/2017 16:05 (12), 12/30/2021 04:21 (1), 12/30/2021 04:33 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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