CVE-2019-0676
Published 2019-03-05 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2019-0676 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 23, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 13, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
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An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could test for the presence of files on disk, aka 'Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Internet Explorer
Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-05-23 · Due: 2022-06-13
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106886
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0676
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106886
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0676
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-0676