CVE-2013-5046: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows local users to bypass the Protected Mode protection mechanism, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging the ability to execute sandboxed code, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 7 only; version 8 only; version 9 only; version 10 only; version 11 only

Published 2013-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.