CVE-2016-0162
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via crafted JavaScript code, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via crafted JavaScript code, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-0162- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via crafted JavaScript code, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-0162- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0200
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via crafted JavaScript code, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2016-0200- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gq2g-gj23-9684
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via crafted JavaScript code, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-gq2g-gj23-9684- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly handle JavaScript. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.
- Record
CVE-2016-0162- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-0162 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published April 12, 2016. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since May 24, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since May 24, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.9%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.