CVE-2013-7331

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2014 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM UTC
10 products affected across 1 vendorInternet ExplorerWindows Server 2012Windows Server 2008

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 50%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score50.2%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 50.2% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 99% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer which allows resources loaded into memory to be queried. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect anti-malware applications.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
May 25, 2022
Remediation Due
Jun 15, 2022
1595 days overdue

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

microsoft-windows-7 (environment) · microsoft-windows-8 (environment) · microsoft-windows-8-1 (environment) · microsoft-windows-rt (environment) · microsoft-windows-rt-8-1 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2008 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2012 (environment) · microsoft-windows-vista (environment)
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Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-209

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