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CVE-2013-7331

The Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local…

Medium6.5Known exploitedEPSS 50.2%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

The Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local pathnames, UNC share pathnames, intranet hostnames, and intranet IP addresses by examining error codes, as demonstrated by a res:// URL, and exploited in the wild in February 2014.

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability.

Added
25 May 2022
Fix due (US federal)
15 Jun 2022
Used by ransomware
Not known

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Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2013-7331, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)3.1Medium6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Medium6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
50.2% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.

Weakness

Affected products

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