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CVE-2016-3215

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3215 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 8.1, Server 2012 (Gold and R2), Windows 10 (version 1511), and Microsoft Edge. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1511CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
33.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3357 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10789
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 10724-10788
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Jun/CVE-2016-3215Important

Windows PDF Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Jun 14, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-068
PatchVendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-080
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1036099
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-370
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry