Internet Explorer CVE-2016-3298 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could test for the presence of files on disk. For an attack to be successful, an attacker must persuade a user to open a malicious website. The security update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way Internet Explorer handles objects in memory.

Affected Applications

Internet Explorer 9
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer 10
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows Vista Service Pack 2

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