CVE-2013-3166

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Published Jul 10, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 16.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving incorrect auto-selection of the Shift JIS encoding, leading to cross-domain scrolling events, aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0015.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 16.3% (16.319% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190A
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-055
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17306

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:00 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: Jul 10, 2013, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 4:00 PM
Reserved: Apr 17, 2013, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 10, 2013, 3:46 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:54 PM

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