CVE-2013-5045

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.2)—💥 Exploit

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allows local users to bypass the Protected Mode protection mechanism, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging the ability to execute sandboxed code, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 6.2

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 17%
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).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · MS13-097 Registry Symlink IE Sandbox Escape
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Registry Symlink - IE Sandbox Escape (MS13-097) (Metasploit) (6/27/2014)

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Internet Explorer

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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