CVE-2013-5057
hxds.dll in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP1 and SP2 does not implement the ASLR protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COM component on a web site that is visited with Internet…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
hxds.dll in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP1 and SP2 does not implement the ASLR protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COM component on a web site that is visited with Internet Explorer, as exploited in the wild in December 2013, aka "HXDS ASLR Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 9.93% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/office
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/12/09/ms13-106-another-aslr-bypass-is-gone.aspxVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-106
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/12/09/ms13-106-another-aslr-bypass-is-gone.aspxVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-106
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.