CVE-2015-6044
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site,...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2015-6044- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2015-6044- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5987 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2015-5987- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w4pw-fcmj-pf74 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site,...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-w4pw-fcmj-pf74- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-6044 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published October 14, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.51%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.