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This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Jun 14, 2022

CVE-2016-3298

High
EPSS 27.7%CISA KEV
Microsoft/Internet Explorer

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Internet Messaging API improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow the attacker to test for the presence of files on disk.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

27.7%

Higher than 96.4% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3298

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED
In CISA KEV

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
27.7%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

May 24, 2022

Added to KEV

May 24, 2022

Remediation Due

Jun 14, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Internet Explorer

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