Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 load different files for attempts to open a file:// URL depending on whether the file exists, which…

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 load different files for attempts to open a file:// URL depending on whether the file exists, which allows local users to enumerate files via vectors involving a file:// URL and an HTML5 sandbox iframe, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

36.1% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-200

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• MS16-095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 1036562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20160301/internet_explorer_iframe_sandbox_local_file_name_disclosure_vulnerability.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20160809 Internet Explorer iframe sandbox local file name disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20160809 Internet Explorer iframe sandbox local file name disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 92291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 23:47 UTC.