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ID:1663 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2013-3918
ID:1663 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2013-3918
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4550
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3918
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Windows
Windows Server
InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control
Windows
Windows Server
InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory access within InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control (icardie.dll). A remote attacker can create specially crafted Web page that passes an overly long string argument to vulnerable ActiveX component, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory access within InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control (icardie.dll). A remote attacker can create specially crafted Web page that passes an overly long string argument to vulnerable ActiveX component, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.