Vulnerability Details 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 by observing onkeydown events with caballero-listener. NOTE: according to Microsoft, this is a duplicate of CVE-2008-2947, possibly a different attack vector.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.404
EPSS Ranking 97.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
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/516627
- 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/516627
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/references
Products affected by CVE-2008-2949
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6
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cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7