What is CVE-2016-0028?

CVE-2016-0028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-0028?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Microsoft Exchange Server

CVE-2016-0028

Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 SP1, Cumulative Update 11, and Cumulative Update 12 and 2016 Gold and Cumulative Update 1 does not properly restrict loading of IMG elements, which makes it easier for remote attackers to track users via a crafted HTML e-mail message, aka "Microsoft Exchange Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.226 (97.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft Exchange_server — versions 2013, 2016
Microsoft Outlook_web_access
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0028?: CVE-2016-0028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-0028?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.