Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-3151. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 10 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-2013-3144 and CVE-2013-3163.

The weakness was presented 07/09/2013 by Toan Pham Van as ms13-jul as confirmed bug report (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-3151 since 04/17/2013. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67212 (MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)), 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 100157 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-055)).

Applying the patch MS13-JUL 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 13035.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (28187), Tenable (67212), SecurityFocus (BID 60960†), OSVDB (94976†) and Secunia (SA54060†). See VDB-9399, VDB-9400, VDB-9401 and VDB-9402 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 67212
Nessus Name: MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)
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OpenVAS ID: 903314
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2846071)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: ms13-jul
Researcher: Toan Pham Van
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3151 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3151
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9413

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SecurityFocus: 60960
Secunia: 54060 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 94976 - Microsoft IE CTreeNode Object Handling Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 40410 - [MS13-055] Microsoft Internet Explorer 8-10 Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution \\ DoS - CVE-2013-3151, Critical

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

Created: 07/10/2013 16:00
Updated: 06/25/2025 10:12
Changes: 07/10/2013 16:00 (51), 04/07/2017 12:03 (34), 05/18/2021 09:51 (8), 05/18/2021 09:55 (1), 06/25/2025 10:12 (23)
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Committer: olku
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