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CVE-2013-2552

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a Medium integrity process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 10

References

• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
• http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
• http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320

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