CVE-2008-2949 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-06-30

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 40.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.4035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-06-30T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:34.635Z

Reserved: 2008-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2949

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-06-30T22:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2949

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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