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CVE-2013-3896mediumunder attack

CVE-2013-3896

90Vexday Risk Score

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

ssvc Actcvss 5.5epss 70%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDOct 9
1st PoCMar 12
metasploitMar 12
CISA KEV+3150d
exploitation probability
70%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesCISA + VulnCheck
1 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 5 fails to properly check memory pointers when accessing elements, allowing attackers to read sensitive information by tricking users into running a malicious Silverlight application.

Technical detail

A pointer validation vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight 5 (before 5.1.20913.0) permits remote code execution context to leak sensitive memory information through a crafted application. The attack vector requires user interaction to load and execute the malicious Silverlight content; impact is confidentiality breach without requiring elevated privileges.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.20913.0 does not properly validate pointers during access to Silverlight elements, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Silverlight Vulnerability."
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
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