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Medium · 6.5 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2013-7331 EUVD-2013-7105GHSA-fprc-fr29-2qmp

The Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local pathn…

Published Feb 26, 2014 · Updated Oct 22, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The Microsoft.XMLDOM ActiveX control in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local pathnames, UNC share pathnames, intranet hostnames, and intranet IP addresses by examining error codes, as demonstrated by a res:// URL, and exploited in the wild in February 2014.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

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