CVE-2013-2553

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2553
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-11 10:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 7 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Nils and Jon of MWR Labs during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0912.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 - sp1 x86 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Zero Day Initiative na Twitterze: "Nils and John from @mwrlabs are about to attempt to own Google Chrome on Windows 7 on the Sony VAIO #Pwn2Own #CanSecWest" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com
Pwn2Own at CanSecWest 2013 - mwrlabs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.mwrinfosecurity.com
Pwn2Own 2013 - HP Enterprise Business Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h30499.www3.hp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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