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CVE Record
[ MEDIUM ]CVE-2016-3298

Microsoft Internet Explorer Messaging API Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Internet Messaging API improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow the attacker to test for the presence of files on disk.

cat cve-2016-3298.json
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Internet Explorer
CVSS
6.5
EPSS (exploit probability)
23.5%
Status
kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
Published

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Internet Messaging API improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow the attacker to test for the presence of files on disk.

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-24. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-06-14.

This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.