{
    "id": "CVE-2016-3298",
    "published": "2016-10-14 02:59:13",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:45:27",
    "cvss_score": "6.5",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and the Internet Messaging API in Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allow remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a crafted web site, aka \"Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.33332",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98320",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-06-14",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:41",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-14."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "internet_explorer"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10_1507"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10_1511"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10_1607"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_7"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_rt_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2008"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2012"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_vista"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2016-3298",
        "date_added": "2022-05-24",
        "due_date": "2022-06-14",
        "vendor": "Microsoft",
        "product": "Internet Explorer",
        "name": "Microsoft Internet Explorer Messaging API Information Disclosure Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93392",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036992",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-118",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-126",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93392",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036992",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-118",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-126",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3298"
    ]
}