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CVE-2016-7227
The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to determine the existence of…
Low3.1EPSS 11.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
The scripting engines in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to determine the existence of local files via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.7% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- MS16-129 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- MS16-142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 94065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1037245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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