CVE-2019-0676
Actively exploited. CVE-2019-0676 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-23) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching 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
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 94% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2019-0676: Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-05-23
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