microsoft silverlight CVE-2013-3896 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight
Published on October 9, 2013

Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.20913.0 does not properly validate pointers during access to Silverlight elements, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Silverlight Vulnerability."

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Silverlight Information Disclosure Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Silverlight does not properly validate pointers during access to Silverlight elements, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted Silverlight application.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 15, 2022: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2013-3896 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
81.59%
Percentile
99.16%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.