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CVE-2016-0188

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0188 is a high-severity security feature bypass vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, specifically its User Mode Code Integrity (UMCI) implementation within Device Guard. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass code-signing protections through unspecified vectors, potentially leading to significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) and a high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1833 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10729
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10486-10735
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-May/CVE-2016-0188Important

Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

May 10, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-051
securityfocus.com / bid/90003
securitytracker.com / id/1035820