CVE-2013-2552 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass Internet Explorer sandbox protection by leveraging access to a Medium integrity process, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-2552?
CVE-2013-2552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 11 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a Medium integrity process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2552?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2552?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-2552 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2552 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vxg3-xg36-58j3.