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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-0162

Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Apr 12, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Internet Explorer

Patch now

CVE-2016-0162 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 14, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
22.01%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/internet explorer · vendor Microsoft Internet Explorer

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly handle JavaScript. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer10
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer11
  • cpe microsoft/internet explorer9
  • vendor Microsoft Internet Explorerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-0162

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-0162 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 14, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Internet Explorer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/internet explorer 10; microsoft/internet explorer 11; microsoft/internet explorer 9. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. EPSS 22.01%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 12, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly handle JavaScript. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

  2. May 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jun 14, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly handle JavaScript. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-0162

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly handle JavaScript. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0162

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-0162

    30-day exploitation probability 22.0%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0162

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via crafted JavaScript code, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-0162

    An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly handle JavaScript. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect specific files on the user's computer.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.