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CVE-2017-0059 kev in the critical feed json

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

published 2017-03-17 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-0426

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-28
epss
62.0%
EPSS 62.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0008 and CVE-2017-0009.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-41661)
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-04-18 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Microsoft, Internet Explorer
CISA name
Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

61.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43125 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 7 x86) - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007) remote, 2017-10-17
  • EDB-42354 Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007) remote, 2017-07-24
  • EDB-41661 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - 'textarea.defaultValue' Memory Disclosure (MS17-006) dos, 2017-03-20

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Microsoft Corporation Internet Explorer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.