01 Record

CVE-2013-7331

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

MediumKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

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

50.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.8% 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.

04 Metadata

Published

2014-02-26 11:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR 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

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftinternet_explorerNot specified—

microsoftwindows_7Not specified—

microsoftwindows_8Not specified—

microsoftwindows_8.1Not specified—

microsoftwindows_rtNot specified—

microsoftwindows_rt_8.1Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2003Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2008Not specified—

microsoftwindows_server_2012Not specified—

microsoftwindows_vistaNot specified—

06 References

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