CVE-2016-0059 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure13 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
14.0%
top 5.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Timeline
PublishedFeb 10
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The Hyperlink Object Library in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted URL in a (1) e-mail message or (2) Office document, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pppg-58m8-6m4j: The Hyperlink Object Library in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory v↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-0059: The Hyperlink Object Library in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory v↗2016-02-10
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Fortinet
Leaking Browser URL/Protocol Handlers | FortiGuard Labs↗2020-12-03
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Fortinet
An Analysis of the DLL Address Leaking Trick used by the “Double Kill” Internet Explorer Zero-Day exploit (CVE-2018-8174)↗2018-08-06
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Fortinet
WINS Server Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server↗2017-06-14
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Fortinet
iSNS Server Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server↗2017-03-23
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Fortinet
Fortinet Researchers Discover Two Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader↗2016-10-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1523 graphite2: Heap-based buffer overflow in context item handling functionality↗2016-02-09
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CVE-2016-0059 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase