CVE-2013-3154 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by placing a Trojan horse application in the system drive root due to an incorrect pathname in Windows Defender.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-3154?
CVE-2013-3154 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 10 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The signature-update functionality in Windows Defender on Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 relies on an incorrect pathname, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% top-level directory, aka "Microsoft Windows 7 Defender Improper Pathname Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3154?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
How do I fix CVE-2013-3154?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3154 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-3154 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3154 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gcrr-wmq9-gv5w.