CVE-2016-0002
The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption…
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Description
The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 23.39% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/jscript · microsoft/vbscript
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034648
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034650
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-001
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-003
- https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1215
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034648
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034650
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-001
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-003
- https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1215
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.