CVE-2015-6139

critical
Published 2015-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge mishandle content types, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script in a privileged context via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Browser Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftedge-
windows microsoftinternet_explorer11

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.