CVE-2013-3120

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-3120. PoCs published by Skylined.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 by manipulating the document.designMode and document.execCommand APIs to trigger stale pointer usage in CEditAdorner::Detach, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3118 and CVE-2013-3125.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Skylined · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40844

This exploit leverages a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 by manipulating the document.designMode and document.execCommand APIs to trigger stale pointer usage in CEditAdorner::Detach, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must visit a malicious webpage · JavaScript must be enabled in the target's browser
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40844/
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-168A
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16778
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://blog.skylined.nl/20161125001.html

Scores

EPSS 0.2318
EPSS Percentile 96.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 10
Published Jun 12, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026