CVE-2016-0189 KEV EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 94.1% (pctl 100)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-18.
Description
The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0187.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 94.06% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-04-18 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-05-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-03-28 |
| Due | 2022-04-18 |
| Vendor / product | Microsoft / Internet Explorer |
| Ransomware use | known |
Affected (11)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | jscript |
| microsoft | vbscript |
| microsoft | windows 10 1507 |
| microsoft | windows 10 1511 |
| microsoft | windows 7 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows rt 8.1 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 10) - VBScript Memory Corruption (MS16-051) | 2016-06-22 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/
- https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90012
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035820
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-053
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40118/
- https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2017/01/journey-and-evolution-god-mode-2016-cve-2016-0189/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0189
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