CVE-2008-2949

Description

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.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 37.43% Top 5%

Third-Party Advisory cert.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/references	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627	third party advisory us government resource
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx#EHD
http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/browsers-ghost-busters.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2949?: CVE-2008-2949 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2949?: To fix CVE-2008-2949, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2949 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-2949 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~37% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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