CVE-2013-1278

HIGH

Microsoft Windows - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Race condition in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages incorrect handling of objects in memory, aka "Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1279.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16313
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-043B.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0094
EPSS Percentile 56.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (5)
microsoft/windows_7 (4 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Feb 13, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026