01 Record
CVE-2016-0160
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 mishandles DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 mishandles DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-12 23:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 124a844a0438d443be1e5181e3e0168d667008f8f1bebbc106b94716e6515b1f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1035521http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035521
- seclists.org20160416 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 MSHTML.DLL Remote Binary Planting Vulnerabilityhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/61
- docs.microsoft.comMS16-037https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-037
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136702/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-11-DLL-Hijacking.html
- www.securityfocus.com20160415 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 MSHTML.DLL Remote Binary Planting Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538098/100/0/threaded