CVE-2016-3261
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- 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 Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-3261- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 Low
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-3261- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4296 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2016-4296- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5hfx-rx7h-2xrv
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-5hfx-rx7h-2xrv- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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-2016-3261 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published July 13, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.1%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.