A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer VBScript execution policy does not properly restrict VBScript under specific conditions, and to allow requests that should otherwise be ignored, aka 'Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0761.
CVE-2019-0768
Score elevated to 5.9 because EPSS predicts 49% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (98th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 4.3 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 5.9MEDIUMhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 57EG Risk 57/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity59% × 45%Exploitation65% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 49%
- EPSS %ILE
- 98th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: weaponized) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
April 9, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (2)
- secure@microsofthttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0768
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0768
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-0768(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-46567✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 19, 2019
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - VBScript Execution Policy Bypass in MSHTML
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCruthlezs/ie11_vbscript_exploitFirst seen May 23, 2019
Exploit Generator for CVE-2018-8174 & CVE-2019-0768 (RCE via VBScript Execution in IE11)
Open source ↗
Related CVEs(same CWE)
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