CVE-2016-3298: Microsoft Internet Explorer Messaging API Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Internet Messaging API improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow the attacker to test for the presence of files on disk.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3298

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-200. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3298
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog