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CVE-2013-3186

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7, 8

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-059
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18031
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-059
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18031

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