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CVE-2013-3906
published 2013-11-06

CVE-2013-3906: GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; and Lync 2010, 2010…

PriorityP187high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
KEVITWEXPLOIT
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2022-08-15
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
84.97%
99.7th percentile
GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; and Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by an image in a Word document, and exploited in the wild in October and November 2013.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftlync
microsoftlync
microsoftoffice
microsoftoffice
microsoftoffice
microsoftpowerpoint_viewer

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

domaincapser.zues[.]info
domaincasper.bacguarp[.]com
domainauto.bacguarp[.]com
domainfas2t.bacguarp[.]com
domainfast.bacguarp[.]com
domainfast2.bacguarp[.]com
domainftp.bacguarp[.]com
domainistore.bacguarp[.]com
domainline.bacguarp[.]com
domainrfa.bacguarp[.]com
domainscqf.bacguarp[.]com
domainser.bacguarp[.]com
domainweb.bacguarp[.]com
domainwww1.bacguarp[.]com
pathC:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\ABC\
registryHKLM\SOFTWARE\BINARY\ssMUIDLL.dll.conf
registryHKCU\SOFTWARE\BINARY\ssMUIDLL.dll.conf
filenamessMUIDLL.dll.conf
  • A YARA rule for CVE-2013-3906 exploits was developed by CrowdStrike when Microsoft first announced the vulnerability, and it successfully detected malicious Word documents exploiting this CVE.
  • CVE-2013-3906 is exploited via crafted TIFF images embedded in Word documents; hunt for Word documents containing anomalous TIFF streams delivered via spearphishing email.
  • PlugX DLL side-loading via CVE-2013-3906-linked campaigns drops files to %TEMP%\RunHelp.exe, %TEMP%\ssMUIDLL.dll, and %TEMP%\ssMUIDLL.dll.conf; detect creation of these files in the TEMP directory.
  • ModifiedElephant used CVE-2013-3906 in lure documents with fake double extensions (filename.pdf.exe) in mid-2013; detect executables with double extensions delivered via email.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vulncheck7.8HIGH
cisa7.8HIGH
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