Is CVE-2011-0038 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-0038 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-0038?

CVE-2011-0038 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-0038?

CVE-2011-0038 has an EPSS score of 11.15% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-0038

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse IEShims.dll in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a Desktop directory that contains an HTML file, aka "Internet Explorer Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.