CVE-2016-3271 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting the VBScript engine in Microsoft Edge. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw via a crafted website to obtain sensitive information from process memory. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication (PR:N), leading to high confidentiality impact (C:H). Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100 and above-average EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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