CVE-2015-6044 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, allowing remote attackers to gain higher privileges through a crafted website. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts if exploited. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100 suggests a notable risk. There is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.