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4.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allow context-dependent attackers to discover credentials by leveraging access to a memory dump, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
The weakness was presented 10/11/2016 as MS16-118 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3391 since 03/15/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/23/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93963 (MS16-119: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3192890)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91283 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-119)).
Applying the patch MS16-118 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (93963). See 92553, 92554, 92555 and 92556 for similar entries.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 93963
Nessus Name: MS16-119: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3192890)
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OpenVAS ID: 54886
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (3192887)
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Patch: MS16-118
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-118
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3391 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036992
SecurityFocus: 93379 - Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge CVE-2016-3391 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 10/12/2016 10:24Updated: 09/23/2022 08:30
Changes: 10/12/2016 10:24 (67), 04/07/2017 12:15 (12), 09/23/2022 08:26 (3), 09/23/2022 08:30 (1)
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