Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-2948
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to change the location property of a frame via the Object 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.
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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: 0.254 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.254 · newest: 0.254 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 7, 8
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/ghosts-for-ie8-and-ie75730.html
- secunia.com/advisories/30851 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/references (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx
- www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ghost-busters/
- blogs.zdnet.com/security/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-2948?
- CVE-2008-2948 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Published 2008-06-30.
- Is CVE-2008-2948 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.