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CVE-2019-0676: Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2019-0676
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could test for the presence of files on disk.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: Internet ExplorerInformation disclosure
What
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory.
Who is affected
Deployments of Internet Explorer.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update to the latest version of Internet Explorer.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-05-23
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0676

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2019-0676coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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