CVE-2016-01897.5HighCWE-787

CVE-2016-0189: Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability

Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft Internet Explorer · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 28 Mar 2022

Known ransomware use

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue28 Mar 2022
Exploited (reported): not seen
Scanning observed: not seen
Proof of concept public: not seen
Not established: not seen

94.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

99th percentile

050100

Higher than 99% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0187.

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Exploitation: Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV: Listed since 28 Mar 2022 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Out-of-bounds Write · Memory Corruption
Vendor: Microsoft
Published: May 2016
Band: Exploited in the wild, May 2016

What changed

5 Nov
CISA’s KEV entry now notes known ransomware use CISA
28 Mar 2022
CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

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