CVE-2013-3186

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
16.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 14, 2013 (4656 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The Protected Mode feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 10 on Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly implement the Integrity Access Level (aka IL) protection mechanism, which allows remote attackers to obtain medium-integrity privileges by leveraging access to a low-integrity process, aka "Process Integrity Level Assignment Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 oval.cisecurity.org