CVE-2016-0160
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 mishandles DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 mishandles DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 12.26% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 12.3% 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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136702/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-11-DLL-Hijacking.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/61
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538098/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035521
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-037
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136702/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-11-DLL-Hijacking.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/61
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538098/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035521
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-037
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.