CVE-2013-2552

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a Medium integrity process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 14%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 97
Score date: 10/8/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Internet Explorer

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

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