Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-03-28
• EPSS: 62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0008 and CVE-2017-0009.

CISA: Microsoft Internet Explorer allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 18 Apr 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

• Patch on portal.msrc.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• www.securityfocus.com/bid/96645Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.securitytracker.com/id/1038008Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0059PatchVendor Advisory
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41661ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42354ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43125ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource