CVE-2013-6040
MW6 Aztec, DataMatrix, and MaxiCode ActiveX controls versions before 4.0 are vulnerable to arbitrary code via crafted HTML document.
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 7.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
MW6 Aztec, DataMatrix, and MaxiCode ActiveX controls before version 4.0 vulnerable to arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document. Latest versions (4.0) of MW6 Aztec, DataMatrix, and MaxiCode ActiveX controls have resolved the issue
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits5
Exploit-DB3 entries
- MW6 Technologies Aztec - ActiveX 'Data' Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31176dos, windowspublished 24 Jan 2014Not verified
- MW6 Technologies Datamatrix - ActiveX 'Data' Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31177dos, windowspublished 24 Jan 2014Not verified
- MW6 Technologies MaxiCode - ActiveX 'Data' Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31178dos, windowspublished 24 Jan 2014Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- ExploitDB (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 31177 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
MW6 Tech · MW6 Aztec ActiveX Controls
- affected 0.0 – < 4.0
MW6 Tech · MW6 DataMatrix ActiveX Controls
- affected 0.0 – < 4.0
MW6 Tech · MW6 MaxiCode ActiveX Controls
- affected 0.0 – < 4.0
References
4
- ExploitDB (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- VU#219470 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 31177 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- Vendor (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-5870 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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