CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-3160
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
Microsoft Office 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP3, Word 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP3, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka "XML External Entities Resolution Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft office 2003
• microsoft office 2007
• microsoft word 2003
• microsoft word 2007
• microsoft word viewer
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18819 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-072 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18819 oval.cisecurity.org