VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-7331

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability50.21%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2014-02-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Microsoft / Internet Explorer

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-209: Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Primary references