medium6.5Known exploited
CVE-2013-7331
Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-05-25. Federal due date: 2022-06-15.
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Impact
The Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local pathnames, UNC share pathnames, intranet hostnames, and intranet IP addresses by examining error codes, as demonstrated by a res:// URL, and exploited in the wild in February 2014.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Internet Explorer | Versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/02/operation-snowman-deputydog-actor-compromises-us-veterans-of-foreign-wars-website.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/539289
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030818
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-052
- https://soroush.secproject.com/blog/2013/04/microsoft-xmldom-in-ie-can-divulge-information-of-local-drivenetwork-in-error-messages/
- http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/02/operation-snowman-deputydog-actor-compromises-us-veterans-of-foreign-wars-website.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/539289
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030818
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-052
- https://soroush.secproject.com/blog/2013/04/microsoft-xmldom-in-ie-can-divulge-information-of-local-drivenetwork-in-error-messages/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-7331