CVE-2016-3353
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which...
CVE-2016-3353 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published September 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file, aka "Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass."
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file, aka "Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
CVE-2016-3353- CVSS 3.0
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file, aka "Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
CVE-2016-3353- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4384 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file, aka "Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
EUVD-2016-4384- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-669r-5j22-g48w
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 mishandles .url files from the Internet zone, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted file, aka "Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
GHSA-669r-5j22-g48w- CVSS 3.0
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |