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FKIE_CVE-2013-3918

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-11-12 14:35 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:56

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie.dll in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted web page that is accessed by Internet Explorer, as exploited in the wild in November 2013, aka "InformationCardSigninHelper Vulnerability."

References

URL	Tags
secure@microsoft.com	http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/11/11/activex-control-issue-being-addressed-in-update-tuesday.aspx	Third Party Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/new-ie-vulnerability-found-in-the-wild-s/240163814/	Broken Link
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2013/11/new-ie-zero-day-found-in-watering-hole-attack.html	Third Party Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090	Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/16985	Third Party Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19089	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/11/11/activex-control-issue-being-addressed-in-update-tuesday.aspx	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/new-ie-vulnerability-found-in-the-wild-s/240163814/	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2013/11/new-ie-zero-day-found-in-watering-hole-attack.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/16985	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19089	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3918	US Government Resource
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/blog/2013/11/technical-details-of-the-targeted-attack-using-ie-vulnerability-cve-2013-3918/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
microsoft	windows_7	-
microsoft	windows_8	-
microsoft	windows_8.1	-
microsoft	windows_rt	-
microsoft	windows_rt_8.1	-
microsoft	windows_server_2003	-
microsoft	windows_server_2008	r2
microsoft	windows_server_2008	r2
microsoft	windows_server_2008	sp2
microsoft	windows_server_2012	-
microsoft	windows_server_2012	r2
microsoft	windows_vista	-
microsoft	windows_xp	-
microsoft	windows_xp	-

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CVE-2013-3918 (GCVE-0-2013-3918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-11-12 01:00 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-04 03:55 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

9 references

URL	Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/new-ie-v…	x_refsource_MISC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2013/11/new…	x_refsource_MISC
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/16985	x_refsource_MISC
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/11/1…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/blog/2013/11…	vendor-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Date Public

2013-11-08 00:00

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