CVE-2016-3215
Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows 10 1511, and Microsoft Edge allow...
Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows 10 1511, and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF document, aka "Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3201.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows 10 1511, and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF document, aka "Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3201.
- Record
CVE-2016-3215- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows 10 1511, and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF document, aka "Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3201.
- Record
CVE-2016-3215- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4253 No score
Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows 10 1511, and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF document, aka "Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3201.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4253- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-32j5-jhjr-4699
Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows 10 1511, and Microsoft Edge allow...
Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows 10 1511, and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF document, aka "Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3201.
- Record
GHSA-32j5-jhjr-4699- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-3215 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Edge, published June 16, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.6%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.