{"id":"CVE-2016-3353","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-3353","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:22.120Z","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file, aka \"Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass.\"","description":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file, aka \"Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass.\"","published":"2016-09-14T10:59:26.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:45:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-254"],"affected":["microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.11774,"percentile":0.96049,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92827","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036788","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-506/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-104","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92827","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036788","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-506/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-104","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3353","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}