CVE-2013-3918

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 73.9%● KEVCWE-787

In short

A flaw in Windows' InformationCardSigninHelper ActiveX control allows attackers to run malicious code on a computer when a user visits a specially crafted webpage in Internet Explorer. This happened in real attacks in November 2013.

Technical detail

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the InformationCardSigninHelper ActiveX control (icardie.dll) exploitable via crafted HTML content delivered through Internet Explorer. Requires user to visit malicious page; results in arbitrary code execution with user privileges or denial of service.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie.dll in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted web page that is accessed by Internet Explorer, as exploited in the wild in November 2013, aka "InformationCardSigninHelper Vulnerability."

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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public PoCs found — 1

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References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/11/11/activex-control-issue-being-addressed-in-update-tuesday.aspx https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090 https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/16985 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19089 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3918 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/blog/2013/11/technical-details-of-the-targeted-attack-using-ie-vulnerability-cve-2013-3918/http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/new-ie-vulnerability-found-in-the-wild-s/240163814/http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2013/11/new-ie-zero-day-found-in-watering-hole-attack.html http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A