8.8 - CVE-2013-3897

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2013-3897	First vendor Publication	2013-10-09
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2025-02-10

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score	8.8
Base Score	8.8	Environmental Score	8.8
impact SubScore	5.9	Temporal Score	8.8
Exploitabality Sub Score	2.8

Attack Vector	Network	Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None	User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High	Availability Impact	High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	9.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CDisplayPointer class in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted JavaScript code that uses the onpropertychange event handler, as exploited in the wild in September and October 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3897

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-416	Use After Free

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18989

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18989
Title:	Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3897) - MS13-080
Description:	Use-after-free vulnerability in the CDisplayPointer class in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted JavaScript code that uses the onpropertychange event handler, as exploited in the wild in September and October 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2013-3897	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP	Product(s):	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
Definition Synopsis:
ie6 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is installed AND either os ie6 on win xp Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) is installed AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 6.0.2900.6452 OR ie 6 on win xp 64 bit, server 2003 (32+64+ia64) either of the os Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 6.0.3790.5226 OR ie7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is installed AND either os win xp/server 2003 either os Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (ia64) Gold is installed AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 7.0.6000.21357 OR vista/server 2008 either os Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (ia-64) is installed AND Check for vulnerable version Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 7.0.6002.18945 OR Check for LDR Check if the version of mshtml.dll is greater than or equal to 7.0.6002.23000 AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 7.0.6002.23226 OR ie 8 on win xp/2003/vista/2008/win 7/2008 R2 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is installed AND either os win xp/server 2003 either os Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows XP x64 is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64) is installed AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 8.0.6001.23532 OR vista/server 2008 either os Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) is installed AND Check for vulnerable version Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 8.0.6001.19475 OR Check for LDR Check for mshtml.dll version greater than or equal to 8.0.6001.23000 AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 8.0.6001.23532 OR win 7/server 2008 r2 and version win 7/server 2008 r2 Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Itanium-Based Edition is installed AND Check for vulnerable version Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 8.0.7601.18269 OR Check for LDR Check if the version of mshtml.dll is greater than or equal to 8.0.7601.22000 AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 8.0.7601.22464 OR ie 9 on winvista/2008/win 7/2008 r2 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is installed AND win vista/2008/7/2008 r2 Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition is installed AND Check for vulnerable version Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 9.0.8112.16514 OR Check for LDR Check for mshtml.dll version greater than or equal to 9.0.8112.20000 AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 9.0.8112.20625 OR IE 10 and vulnerable file version Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 is installed AND Win 7 / R2 / Win 8 / 2k12 and vulnerable file version Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit) is installed AND Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition is installed AND Microsoft Windows 8 (x86) is installed AND Microsoft Windows 8 (x64) is installed AND Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) is installed AND Check for vulnerable version Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 10.0.9200.16721 OR Check for LDR Check if the version of mshtml.dll is greater than or equal to 10.0.9200.20000 AND Check if the version of mshtml.dll is less than 10.0.9200.20831

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Microsoft Internet Explorer cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*	6

SAINT Exploits

Description	Link
Internet Explorer CDisplayPointer Object onpropertychange Use-After-Free	More info here

ExploitDB Exploits

id	Description
2013-10-15	MS13-080 Microsoft Internet Explorer CDisplayPointer Use-After-Free

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date	Description
2013-10-10	IAVM : 2013-A-0188 - Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Internet Explorer Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0040759

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date	Description
2019-04-11	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 49375 - Revision : 1 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2019-04-11	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 49374 - Revision : 1 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2016-03-24	Microsoft Internet Explorer swapNode memory corruption attempt RuleID : 37837 - Revision : 2 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2016-03-24	Microsoft Internet Explorer swapNode memory corruption attempt RuleID : 37836 - Revision : 2 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2015-03-31	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 33606 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2015-03-31	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 33605 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-05-01	Microsoft Internet Explorer HtmlLayout SmartObject use after free attempt RuleID : 30289 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-04-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 30105 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-04-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 30104 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-04-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 30103 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-04-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement use after free attempt RuleID : 30102 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-02-08	potential math library debugging RuleID : 29213 - Revision : 5 - Type : INDICATOR-OBFUSCATION
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer swapNode memory corruption attempt RuleID : 28208 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer swapNode memory corruption attempt RuleID : 28207 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer deleted object memory corruption attempt RuleID : 28204 - Revision : 2 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer HtmlLayout SmartObject use after free attempt RuleID : 28163 - Revision : 4 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer CElement use after free attempt RuleID : 28160 - Revision : 2 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer CLayoutBlock use after free attempt RuleID : 28159 - Revision : 2 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer CLayoutBlock use after free attempt RuleID : 28158 - Revision : 2 - Type : BROWSER-IE
2014-01-10	Microsoft Internet Explorer STextBlockPosition use after free attempt RuleID : 28151 - Revision : 3 - Type : BROWSER-IE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-10-09	Name : The remote host is affected by multiple code execution vulnerabilities. File : smb_nt_ms13-080.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vuln...
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...

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Alert History

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Date	Informations
2025-02-11 17:21:36	Multiple Updates
2024-12-19 21:21:25	Multiple Updates
2024-11-28 12:36:04	Multiple Updates
2024-07-16 21:27:56	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:27:03	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:32:45	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 13:17:03	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:37:49	Multiple Updates
2018-10-13 05:18:41	Multiple Updates
2017-09-19 09:26:14	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 11:21:31	Multiple Updates
2014-02-08 21:20:15	Multiple Updates
2014-01-19 21:29:33	Multiple Updates
2014-01-03 17:19:04	Multiple Updates
2013-12-20 13:19:34	Multiple Updates
2013-11-11 12:40:42	Multiple Updates
2013-11-04 21:28:19	Multiple Updates
2013-10-11 21:21:45	Multiple Updates
2013-10-11 13:26:59	Multiple Updates
2013-10-10 00:19:57	Multiple Updates
2013-10-09 21:21:21	First insertion

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	1
CPE ID(s)	6
Sources(s)	4
Saint Exploit(s)	1
ExploitDB Exploit(s)	1
IAVM(s)	1
Snort® Rule(s)	20
Nessus® Exploit(s)	1

	Related
10	TA13-288A
9.3	MS13-080
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