CVE-2013-0074
Microsoft Silverlight: Double Dereference
As of , CVE-2013-0074 in Microsoft Silverlight is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 25 May 2022
- US federal deadline
- 15 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- EPSS score
- 0.79Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.58 on 25 May 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (2 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Microsoft Silverlight does not properly validate pointers during HTML object rendering, which allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted Silverlight application.
CISA's description
Microsoft Silverlight 5, and 5 Developer Runtime, before 5.1.20125.0 does not properly validate pointers during HTML object rendering, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Silverlight Double Dereference Vulnerability."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 13 March 2013
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 41702).
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 29858).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: MS13-022 Microsoft Silverlight ScriptObject Unsafe Memory Accessexploit module, rank normal
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Internet Explorer - COALineDashStyleArray Unsafe Memory Access (MS12-022) (Metasploit)EDB-ID 29858, verified by Exploit-DB, 27 November 2013
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Silverlight - ScriptObject Unsafe Memory Access (MS13-022/MS13-087) (Metasploit)EDB-ID 41702, verified by Exploit-DB, 12 March 2013
Silverlight: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-3896Information Disclosure | Microsoft Silverlight | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.68; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.68 | ||
| CVE-2016-0034Runtime Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Silverlight | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.69 | 0.69 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org