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CVE-2017-0059

Exposure of Sensitive Information — is CVE-2017-0059real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

Medium · CVSS 4.3EPSS 62.0%CISA KEVCWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0008 and CVE-2017-0009.

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Community real-world severity: High (High 3) — CVSS base score 4.3

Practitioners rate this higher than its CVSS — treat with extra caution.

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    Field note · Aisha RahmanCurated

    Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Microsoft Internet Explorer allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2022-03-28) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~62%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · Tomáš NovákCurated

    Required action for Microsoft Internet Explorer: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-04-18. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

Same weaknessCWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information.