THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-6157
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-6157

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
16.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2015-12-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 16.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-6157

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-6157.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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