Executive Summary

Summary
Title Vulnerability in Windows Essentials Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813707)
Informations
Name MS13-045 First vendor Publication 2013-05-14
Vendor Microsoft Last vendor Modification 2013-05-15
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 1.1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Revision Note: V1.1 (May 15, 2013): Corrected link to the download location in the Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance section. This is an informational change only.

Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Writer. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opens Writer using a specially crafted URL. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could override Windows Writer proxy settings and overwrite files accessible to the user on the target system. In a web-based attack scenario, a website could contain a specially crafted link that is used to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker would have to convince users to visit the website and open the specially crafted link.

Original Source

Url : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-045

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16204
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16204
Title: Vulnerability in Windows Essentials Could Allow Information Disclosure - MS13-045
Description: Writer in Microsoft Windows Essentials 2011 and 2012 allows remote attackers to bypass proxy settings and overwrite arbitrary files via crafted URL parameters, aka "Windows Essentials Improper URI Handling Vulnerability."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2013-0096
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 Product(s): Microsoft Windows Essentials 2012
Microsoft Windows Essentials 2011
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Microsoft Windows Live Writer wlw protocol handler information disclosure att...
RuleID : 26623 - Revision : 4 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Windows Live Writer wlw protocol handler information disclosure att...
RuleID : 26622 - Revision : 4 - Type : BROWSER-IE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-05-15 Name : An application on the remote Windows host has an information disclosure vulne...
File : smb_nt_ms13-045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:47:40
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-19 21:30:57
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-16 17:04:50
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-16 05:15:39
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-15 13:21:21
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-14 21:15:38
  • First insertion