CVE-2013-3906 on CISA KEV

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

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-09…
• www.exploit-db.com — http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30011
• technet.microsoft.com — http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2896666
• blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/11/05/cve-2013-3906-a-graphics-vulne…
• blogs.mcafee.com — http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/mcafee-labs-detects-zero-day-exploit-targeti…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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