Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-3205 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 3 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
description | Microsoft Internet Explorer - CCaret Use-After-Free (MS13-069). CVE-2013-3205. Remote exploit for windows platform |
id | EDB-ID:28481 |
last seen | 2016-02-03 |
modified | 2013-09-23 |
published | 2013-09-23 |
reporter | metasploit |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/28481/ |
title | Microsoft Internet Explorer - CCaret Use-After-Free MS13-069 |
Metasploit
description This module exploits a use-after-free vulnerability found in Internet Explorer, specifically in how the browser handles the caret (text cursor) object. In IE's standards mode, the caret handling's vulnerable state can be triggered by first setting up an editable page with an input field, and then we can force the caret to update in an onbeforeeditfocus event by setting the body's innerHTML property. In this event handler, mshtml!CCaret::`vftable' can be freed using a document.write() function, however, mshtml!CCaret::UpdateScreenCaret remains unaware of this change, and still uses the same reference to the CCaret object. When the function tries to use this invalid reference to call a virtual function at offset 0x2c, it finally results a crash. Precise control of the freed object allows arbitrary code execution under the context of the user. id MSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/BROWSER/MS13_069_CARET last seen 2020-06-13 modified 2017-07-24 published 2013-09-20 references https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3205 reporter Rapid7 source https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms13_069_caret.rb title MS13-069 Microsoft Internet Explorer CCaret Use-After-Free description This module exploits a use-after-free vulnerability found in Internet Explorer, specifically in how the browser handles the caret (text cursor) object. In IE's standards mode, the caret handling's vulnerable state can be triggered by first setting up an editable page with an input field, and then we can force the caret to update in an onbeforeeditfocus event by setting the body's innerHTML property. In this event handler, mshtml!CCaret::`vftable' can be freed using a document.write() function, however, mshtml!CCaret::UpdateScreenCaret remains unaware of this change, and still uses the same reference to the CCaret object. When the function tries to use this invalid reference to call a virtual function at offset 0x2c, it finally results a crash. Precise control of the freed object allows arbitrary code execution under the context of the user. id MSF:AUXILIARY/GATHER/OATS_DOWNLOADSERVLET_TRAVERSAL last seen 2020-06-14 modified 2017-07-24 published 2013-09-20 references https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3205 reporter Rapid7 source https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms13_069_caret.rb title MS13-069 Microsoft Internet Explorer CCaret Use-After-Free
Msbulletin
bulletin_id | MS13-069 |
bulletin_url | |
date | 2013-09-10T00:00:00 |
impact | Remote Code Execution |
knowledgebase_id | 2870699 |
knowledgebase_url | |
severity | Critical |
title | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer |
Nessus
NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
NASL id | SMB_NT_MS13-069.NASL |
description | The remote host is missing Internet Explorer (IE) Security Update 2870699. The installed version of IE is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 69829 |
published | 2013-09-11 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69829 |
title | MS13-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2870699) |
Oval
accepted | 2014-08-18T04:02:01.941-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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description | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2013-09-13T17:32:25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3205) - MS13-069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 74 |
Packetstorm
data source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/123336/ms13_069_caret.rb.txt |
id | PACKETSTORM:123336 |
last seen | 2016-12-05 |
published | 2013-09-20 |
reporter | corelanc0d3r |
source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123336/MS13-069-Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-CCaret-Use-After-Free.html |
title | MS13-069 Microsoft Internet Explorer CCaret Use-After-Free |
Saint
bid | 62208 |
description | Internet Explorer CCaret UpdateScreenCaret Memory Corruption |
id | win_patch_ie_v8 |
osvdb | 97094 |
title | ie_ccaret_updatescreencaret_memory_corruption |
type | client |