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ID:1666 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Microsoft Silverlight - CVE-2013-0074
ID:1666 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Microsoft Silverlight - CVE-2013-0074
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4646
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0074
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Silverlight
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 boundary error when rendering an HTML object. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site containing a malicious Silverlight applicationt, 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 boundary error when rendering an HTML object. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site containing a malicious Silverlight applicationt, 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.