THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-2949
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-2949

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
20.5%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2008-06-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-2949

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2949.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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