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CVE-2008-2947
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from…
Medium6.8EPSS 24.7%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 24.7% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (14)
- ie-location-locationhref-security-bypass(43366) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SSRT080143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- MS08-058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2809 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30857 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1940 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#923508 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.ph4nt0m.org-a.googlepages.com/PSTZine_0x02_0x04.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29960 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1020382 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA08-288A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- win-ms08kb956390-update(45565) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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