CVE-2013-7331

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

58.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2014-02-26 11:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2014-02-25

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-209Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive InformationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c188b93aef9516ac4aaca0f58f9d7850341900d65a40c93e33c75ba43a7112d6

• soroush.secproject.comhttps://soroush.secproject.com/blog/2013/04/microsoft-xmldom-in-ie-can-divulge-information-of-local-drivenetwork-in-error-messages/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1030818http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030818vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• docs.microsoft.comMS14-052https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-052vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#539289http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/539289third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• www.fireeye.comhttp://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/02/operation-snowman-deputydog-actor-compromises-us-veterans-of-foreign-wars-website.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-7331government-resource