CVE-2011-1347: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to bypass Protected Mode and create arbitrary files by leveraging access to a Low integrity process, as demonstrated by Stephen Fewer as the third of three chained vulnerabilities during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2011.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 8 only

Published 2011-03-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.