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CVE-2012-0170

41
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0170 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7, stemming from improper handling of objects in memory. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring moderate attack complexity. Despite its high CVSS score of 9.3 and FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2237 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 81128
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-023
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74381
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15573
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA12-101A.html
US Government Resource