CVE-2015-1688 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, allowing remote attackers to gain elevated privileges through a specially crafted website. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring user interaction (medium attack complexity) but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its potential impact, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is no community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low level of active exploitation or public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.