Information disclosure in Microsoft Office
CVE-2013-3160
Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP3, Word 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP3, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.233 (97.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.233 · newest: 0.233 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Word — versions 2003, 2007
- Microsoft Word Viewer
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-072 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18819 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-3160?
- CVE-2013-3160 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2013-09-11.
- Is CVE-2013-3160 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.