Technical intelligence and weaponization dossier for CVE-2013-2551. Documented exploitation across 1 active malware families totaling 20,595 analyzed telemetry samples.
| Vulnerability ID | CVE-2013-2551 |
|---|---|
| Common Name / Bulletin | Microsoft Internet Explorer VML Integer Overflow (Use-After-Free) (MS13-037) |
| CWE Classification | CWE-189: Integer Overflow leading to Memory Corruption |
| Affected Software & Versions | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 |
| Technical Root Cause | Integer overflow in the Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation (vml.dll) during shape stroke color array allocation. |
| Associated ATT&CK Techniques |
Empirical catalog telemetry verifies that the following 1 malware families weaponize this vulnerability for initial access, privilege escalation, or lateral movement:
| Malware Family | Category | Catalog Samples | Operational Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| ramnit | Worm Banker | 20,595 | Ramnit (also known as Nimnul or Cosmu) is a devastating, multi-faceted banking trojan and worm that first emerged in 2010. Originally conceived as a Windows fil... |
Threat hunting leads and behavioral telemetry patterns to identify weaponized exploitation of CVE-2013-2551 in enterprise networks:
Web pages loading VML stroke elements with color attributes containing numeric integer values exceeding 0xFFFF, triggering heap corruption.SOC containment checklist and attack surface reduction measures to neutralize exploitation:
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