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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-6086

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 25.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
25.58% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 April 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%15%30%4 November 2026: 25.58%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 25.6% 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.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-39698source ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 - 'CDOMStringDataList::InitFromString' Out-of-Bounds Read (MS15-112)windows · Ashfaq Ansariremote14 April 2016yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.