Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec memory corruption

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1. The impacted element is the function EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2013-3130. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (Operating System). This affects the function EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2013-3660, CVE-2013-3661. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of CVE-2013-3660 and CVE-2013-3661. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2013-3660 and/or CVE-2013-3661 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

The weakness was shared 05/17/2013 by Tavis Ormandy (@taviso) with Google Security Team as MS13-053 as confirmed mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release happened without involvement of Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-3130 since 04/17/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Tavis Ormandy and been published 4 days after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (25611), OSVDB (93539†) and Secunia (SA53435†). Further details are available at bbc.co.uk. The entries VDB-9399, VDB-9400, VDB-9401 and VDB-9402 are related to this item. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Tavis Ormandy
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-053
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (@taviso)
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-3130 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3130
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8829
Secunia: 53435 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 93539

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/23/2013 14:40
Updated: 05/16/2025 10:31
Changes: 05/23/2013 14:40 (68), 09/16/2017 10:23 (3), 05/16/2025 10:31 (15)
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