CVE-2015-0072
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an IFRAME element that triggers a redirect, a…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an IFRAME element that triggers a redirect, a second IFRAME element that does not trigger a redirect, and an eval of a WindowProxy object, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 71.70% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 71.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2015/02/05/another-day-another-zero-day-internet-explorer-s-turn-cve-2015-0072.aspx
- http://innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130308/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-Universal-XSS-Proof-Of-Concept.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62658
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/2879372/dangerous-ie-vulnerability-opens-door-to-powerful-phishing-attacks.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534662/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72489
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031888
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100606
- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/04/internet-explorer-has-a-cross-site-scripting-zero-day-bug/
- http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2015/02/05/another-day-another-zero-day-internet-explorer-s-turn-cve-2015-0072.aspx
- http://innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130308/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-Universal-XSS-Proof-Of-Concept.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62658
- http://www.pcworld.com/article/2879372/dangerous-ie-vulnerability-opens-door-to-powerful-phishing-attacks.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534662/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72489
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031888
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100606
- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/04/internet-explorer-has-a-cross-site-scripting-zero-day-bug/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.