High severity · published Mar 11, 2013
CVE-2013-2551
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
RansomwareIn wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
73.9%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1308 and CVE-2013-1309.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)73.9% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Mar 28, 2022
Federal remediation dueApr 18, 2022
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
IE
Internet Explorer · Microsoft
6; 7; 8; 9; 10 · source: NVD, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2551
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2551
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
vendor-advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-037
third-party-advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134A
x_refsource_MISC
http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617
x_refsource_MISC
http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320
vdb-entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16317
x_refsource_MISC
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
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