Security readout for executives and security teams
This vulnerability affects older Microsoft Word-related products. A malicious Office document could let an attacker run code or crash the application when opened. Business risk is highest where users still open untrusted documents with the listed versions. Exposure is likely where the named Word versions, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, or Word Viewer remain installed and users process email attachments, downloaded documents, or externally supplied Office files. Treat this as a high-priority legacy Office risk if affected products remain in use. Prioritize inventory and remediation because exploitation requires only a crafted document reaching a user. Mitigation focus: Review Microsoft MS13-072 and apply the applicable vendor security update guidance.; Inventory endpoints for the affected Word, Compatibility Pack, and Word Viewer versions.; Reduce exposure to untrusted Office documents until vendor guidance is applied..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
Execution behavior lookup
The CVE wording references code or command execution, so execution technique review may help defensive triage. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2013-3852 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18635CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- MS13-072CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.