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CVE-2016-0147

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted...

8.8 High

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML 3.0 Remote Code Execution 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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

15.3%Up 1.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML 3.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-0147
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML 3.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-0147
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0185 No score

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML 3.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
EUVD-2016-0185
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7r55-xf64-gwj6 8.8

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted...

Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "MSXML 3.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Record
GHSA-7r55-xf64-gwj6
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-0147 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Xml Core Services, published April 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.3%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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