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CVE-2013-0074highunder attackransomware

CVE-2013-0074

100Vexday Risk Score

Patch now. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA and has a working public exploit.

ssvc Actcvss 7.8epss 82%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDMar 13
1st PoCMar 12
metasploitMar 12
CISA KEV+3360d
exploitation probability
82%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesCISA + VulnCheck
2 public exploit(s)
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2022-06-15

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

In short

Microsoft Silverlight improperly validates pointers when rendering HTML objects, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code through a malicious Silverlight application.

Technical detail

A pointer validation flaw in Silverlight 5 and 5 Developer Runtime (before 5.1.20125.0) during HTML object rendering can be exploited by remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution. The attack vector requires the victim to load a crafted Silverlight application in a browser context where Silverlight is installed and enabled.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Microsoft Silverlight 5, and 5 Developer Runtime, before 5.1.20125.0 does not properly validate pointers during HTML object rendering, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Silverlight Double Dereference Vulnerability."
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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