CVE-2013-0810

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Published 2013-09-11 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

8.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.1

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, and Windows Server 2008 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted screensaver in a theme file, aka "Windows Theme File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

88%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-28482 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2013-09-23

Microsoft Windows Theme File Handling - Arbitrary Code Execution (MS13-071) (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/ms13_071_theme rank 600

MS13-071 Microsoft Windows Theme File Handling Arbitrary Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

Windows Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.