CVE-2008-2949

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8 Beta 1 - Frame Location Cross Domain Security Bypass

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad de tipo cross-domain en Microsoft Internet Explorer versiones 6 y 7, permite a los atacantes remotos cambiar la propiedad de ubicación de una trama por medio del tipo de dato String y usar una trama de un dominio diferente para observar eventos independientes del dominio, como es demostrado mediante la observación de eventos onkeydown con caballero-listener. NOTA: según Microsoft, este es un duplicado del CVE-2008-2947, posiblemente un vector de ataque diferente.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-06-27 First Exploit
2008-06-30 CVE Reserved
2008-06-30 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-02-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348	X_refsource_misc
http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/browsers-ghost-busters.html	X_refsource_misc
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx#EHD	X_refsource_misc
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/references	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31996	2008-06-27

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				6 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "6"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				7 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "7"		-		Affected