CVE-2016-3292 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 mishandles integrity settings and zone settings, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Published: 2016-09-14

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 6.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4325	Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 mishandles integrity settings and zone settings, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06099.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92808
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036788
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-104

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2016-09-14T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:58.962Z

Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3292

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-14T10:59:06.633

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3292

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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