CVE-2008-5556

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not recognize attack patterns designed to operate against web pages that are encoded with utf-7, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting crafted utf-7 content. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes this issue, stating "Behaviour is by design.

** CUESTIONADA ** El filtro XSS (ejecución de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados) en Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 no reconoce patrones de patrones de ataque diseñados para operar contra páginas web que están codificadas en utf-7, lo que permite a atacantes remotos saltar el mecanismo de protección XSS y generar ataques XSS mediante la inyección de contenido utf-7 manipulado. NOTA: El vendedor ha impugnado esta vulnerabilidad, argumentando que "El comportamiento es una característica del diseño".

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-12-12 CVE Reserved
2008-12-12 CVE Published
2024-07-28 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

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"				8 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "8"		beta2		Affected