CVE-2013-5046
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.2
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows local users to bypass the Protected Mode protection mechanism, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging the ability to execute sandboxed code, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 9 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 10 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 11 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.