CVE-2013-1296

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
54.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 2% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: April 9, 2013 (4783 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The Remote Desktop ActiveX control in mstscax.dll in Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client 6.1 and 7.0 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page that triggers access to a deleted object, and allows remote RDP servers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger access to a deleted object, aka "RDP ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-94

Affected Products

microsoft remote desktop connection

References

🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org 🔗 www.us-cert.gov 🔗 docs.microsoft.com