CVE-2012-0168 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9, as well as various Windows operating systems. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through a user-assisted "Print table of links" operation on a crafted HTML document. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. The EPSS score indicates a moderate likelihood of exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has also received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.