Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-2947
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from other domains via JavaScript that uses the Object data type for the value of a (1) location or (2) location.href property, related to incorrect determination of the origin of web script, aka "Window Location Property Cross-Domain Vulnerability." NOTE: according to Microsoft, CVE-2008-2948 and CVE-2008-2949 are duplicates of this issue, probably different attack vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.247 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.247 · newest: 0.247 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.01, 6, 7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43366 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/30857 (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1940/references (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/923508 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5901 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.ph4nt0m.org-a.googlepages.com/PSTZine_0x02_0x04.txt (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29960 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)