CVE-2013-3166

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-10 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-3166.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a functional Metasploit exploit for CVE-2013-3166, targeting a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. It leverages a crafted HTML page with JavaScript to trigger the vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution via ROP chains tailored for Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving incorrect auto-selection of the Shift JIS encoding, leading to cross-domain scrolling events, aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0015.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
rubyremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28187

This is a functional Metasploit exploit for CVE-2013-3166, targeting a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. It leverages a crafted HTML page with JavaScript to trigger the vulnerability, leading to arbitrary code execution via ROP chains tailored for Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Complex
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 8
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

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%3A17306
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190A

Scores

EPSS 0.1800
EPSS Percentile 95.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (5)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
microsoft/internet_explorer 8
microsoft/internet_explorer 9
microsoft/internet_explorer 10
Published Jul 10, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026