Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site…

published 2015-11-11 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-6029

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 25.6%; EPSS 25.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Timeline

2015-11-11 Published
2016-04-14 First public exploit (EDB-39698)

Exploit prediction

25.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-39698 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 - 'CDOMStringDataList::InitFromString' Out-of-Bounds Read (MS15-112) remote, 2016-04-14

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/39698/
exploit
docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-112
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1034112
vdb-entry
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-15-547
securityfocus.com /bid/77461
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-6086
NVD CVE-2015-6086

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Summary