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CVE-2016-3298 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and the Internet Messaging API in Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1. A remote attacker can use a crafted website to determine whether arbitrary files exist on a victim's computer. The vulnerability was exploited in GooNky, AdGholas, Neutrino EK, and NeutrAds campaigns to identify software and configurations associated with security research environments and selectively deliver subsequent attacks.
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What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
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Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
An earlier vulnerability referenced as a variant ancestor of CVE-2019-0676 in Internet Explorer's handling of the res:// URI scheme.
An Internet Explorer information disclosure vulnerability exploited to identify software and configurations associated with researchers, security vendors, and sandbox environments. Attackers used this filtering to conceal malvertising operations and preferentially expose ordinary consumers to their infection chains.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.