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CVE-2013-5046

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-097
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-097

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