CVE-2017-0059
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
- Added
- 28 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 18 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 28 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 7 x86) - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43125remote, windows_x86published 17 Oct 2017Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'mshtml.dll' Remote Code Execution (MS17-007) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 42354remote, windows_x86-64published 24 Jul 2017Not verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - 'textarea.defaultValue' Memory Disclosure (MS17-006) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 41661dos, windowspublished 20 Mar 2017Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 43125 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41661 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 42354 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 62.0% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation · Internet Explorer
- affected Internet Explorer 9 through 11
References (7)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0059 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 96645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 43125 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41661 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 42354 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1038008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0059 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0426 (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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