Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9 memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.8$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2013-3116. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 9 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."

The weakness was presented 06/11/2013 by Ivan Fratric and Ben Hawkes with Google Security Team as MS13-047 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-3116 since 04/17/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/07/2017). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66863 (MS13-047: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2838727)), 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 100150 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-047)).

Applying the patch MS13-047 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 12991.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (66863), SecurityFocus (BID 60394†), OSVDB (94110†), Secunia (SA53728†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39958†). Additional details are provided at support.microsoft.com. See VDB-9083, VDB-9084, VDB-9085 and VDB-9086 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Support

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 66863
Nessus Name: MS13-047: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2838727)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 903309
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2838727)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Patch: MS13-047
TippingPoint: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

04/17/2013 🔍
06/06/2013 +49 days 🔍
06/06/2013 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2013 +5 days 🔍
06/11/2013 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2013 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2013 +0 days 🔍
06/12/2013 +1 days 🔍
06/12/2013 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2021 +2893 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-047
Researcher: Ivan Fratric, Ben Hawkes
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
Coordinated: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-3116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9088

OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 60394
Secunia: 53728 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94110 - Microsoft IE Unspecified Memory Corruption (2013-3116)
Vulnerability Center: 39958 - [MS13-047] Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Through 9 Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3116), Critical

Misc.: 🔍
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2013 10:30
Updated: 05/14/2021 15:55
Changes: 06/12/2013 10:30 (54), 04/07/2017 12:18 (29), 05/14/2021 15:49 (2), 05/14/2021 15:55 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you know our Splunk app?

Download it now for free!