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CVE-2015-6139

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: all versions
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 11

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034315
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034316
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-124
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-125
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034315
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034316
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-124
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-125

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