{
  "id": "CVE-2013-3893",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2013-3893",
  "published": "2013-09-18T10:08:24.867Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T23:55:58.240Z",
  "score": 8.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "CISA ADP",
  "epss": 0.87526,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99755,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2025-08-12",
    "due": "2025-09-02",
    "action": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Microsoft Internet Explorer Resource Management Errors Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3893"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "microsoft"
  ],
  "products": [
    "microsoft internet explorer"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-416"
  ],
  "description": "Use-after-free vulnerability in the SetMouseCapture implementation in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript strings, as demonstrated by use of an ms-help: URL that triggers loading of hxds.dll.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Secondary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 8.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/09/17/cve-2013-3893-fix-it-workaround-available.aspx",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspx",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN27443259/index.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000093.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162585/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-8-SetMouseCapture-Use-After-Free.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Hx1L5gu6",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2887505",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62453",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18665",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3893",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3893",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}