CVE-2019-0768
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer VBScript execution policy does not properly restrict VBScript under…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 48.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer VBScript execution policy does not properly restrict VBScript under specific conditions, and to allow requests that should otherwise be ignored, aka 'Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0761.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - VBScript Execution Policy Bypass in MSHTML (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46567dos, windowspublished 19 Mar 2019Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 48.5% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11
- affected Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- affected Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected Windows Server 2019
- affected Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
References
1
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0768 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-1527 (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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