CVE-2008-2949
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to change the location property of a frame via the String data type, and use a frame from a different domain to observe domain-independent events, as demonstrated…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to change the location property of a frame via the String data type, and use a frame from a different domain to observe domain-independent events, as demonstrated by observing onkeydown events with caballero-listener. NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is a duplicate of CVE-2008-2947, possibly a different attack vector.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 20.49% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348
- http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/browsers-ghost-busters.html
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx#EHD
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/references
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348
- http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/browsers-ghost-busters.html
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx#EHD
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/references
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.