CVE-2013-3906

CVE-2013-3906 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 15, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by August 15, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; and Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by an image in a Word document, and exploited in the wild in October and November 2013.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-word-documents.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-096
• http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeting-microsoft-office-2
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulnerability-exploited-through-word-documents.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666