CVE-2015-6047
The broker EditWith feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the AppContainer protection mechanism and gain privileges via a DelegateExecute launch of an arbitrary application, as demonstrated by a transition…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The broker EditWith feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the AppContainer protection mechanism and gain privileges via a DelegateExecute launch of an arbitrary application, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.86% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 13.9% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-522
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-522
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.