CVE-2013-1347
Microsoft Internet Explorer: Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2013-1347 in Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 3 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.78Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.92 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
This vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer.
CISA's description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as exploited in the wild in May 2013.
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 5 May 2013
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-416
- Use After Free
- CWE-94
- Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 25294).
- 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: MS13-038 Microsoft Internet Explorer CGenericElement Object Use-After-Free Vulnerabilityexploit module, rank good
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Internet Explorer - CGenericElement Object Use-After-Free (Metasploit)EDB-ID 25294, verified by Exploit-DB, 7 May 2013
Internet Explorer: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-0249Use-After-Free | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.92; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.92 | ||
| CVE-2010-0806Use-After-Free | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.82; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.82 | ||
| CVE-2010-3962Uninitialized Memory Corruption | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.97; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.97 | ||
| CVE-2013-3893Resource Management Errors | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.88; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.88 | ||
| CVE-2012-4792Use-After-Free | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.79 | ||
| CVE-2013-3163Memory Corruption | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.71; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.71 | ||
| CVE-2012-4969Use-After-Free | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.80; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.80 | ||
| CVE-2014-0322Use-After-Free | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.85; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.85 | ||
| CVE-2013-2551Use-After-Free | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.74; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.74 | ||
| CVE-2013-3897Use-After-Free | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.77; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.77 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org