CVE-2019-0676

Microsoft Internet Explorer: Information Disclosure

As of , CVE-2019-0676 in Microsoft Internet Explorer is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 23 May 2022
US federal deadline
13 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.08Higher than 94% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.03 on 23 May 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

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

CISA's description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could test for the presence of files on disk, aka 'Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.

The CVE record's description, from microsoft

CVE published
6 March 2019
Assigned by
microsoft
CVSS
6.5 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
partial

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Internet Explorer: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2010-0249Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.92; verified Exploit-DB entry0.92
CVE-2010-0806Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.82; verified Exploit-DB entry0.82
CVE-2010-3962Uninitialized Memory CorruptionMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.97; verified Exploit-DB entry0.97
CVE-2013-3893Resource Management ErrorsMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.88; verified Exploit-DB entry0.88
CVE-2012-4792Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry0.79
CVE-2013-3163Memory CorruptionMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.71; verified Exploit-DB entry0.71
CVE-2012-4969Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.80; verified Exploit-DB entry0.80
CVE-2014-0322Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.85; verified Exploit-DB entry0.85
CVE-2013-2551Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.74; verified Exploit-DB entry0.74
CVE-2013-1347Remote Code ExecutionMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.78; verified Exploit-DB entry0.78

All 36 entries for Internet Explorer

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