Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2008-3473
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly determine the domain or security zone of origin of web script, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended cross-domain security policy, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted HTML document, aka "Event Handling Cross-Domain Vulnerability."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.317 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.317 · newest: 0.317 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45562 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13255 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31616 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45565 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)