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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Windows PDF. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 06/14/2016 as MS16-068 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3201 since 03/15/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91607 (MS16-080: Security Update for Microsoft Windows PDF (3164302)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91233 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-068)).

Applying the patch MS16-068 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91607) and SecurityFocus (BID 91086†). The entries VDB-87925, VDB-87926, VDB-87928 and VDB-87929 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Edge

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91607
Nessus Name: MS16-080: Security Update for Microsoft Windows PDF (3164302)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 867212
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows PDF Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (3164302)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Patch: MS16-068

Timelineinfo

03/15/2016 🔍
06/14/2016 +91 days 🔍
06/14/2016 +0 days 🔍
06/14/2016 +0 days 🔍
06/15/2016 +1 days 🔍
06/16/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/23/2022 +2259 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-068
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3201 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 91086
SecurityTracker: 1036099

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2016 04:22 PM
Updated: 08/23/2022 04:22 PM
Changes: 06/16/2016 04:22 PM (74), 01/25/2019 11:01 AM (3), 08/23/2022 04:22 PM (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:1B6:40

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