CVE-2004-2383 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass cross-frame scripting restrictions in Internet Explorer to capture keyboard events from other domains, enabling spoofing attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-2383?
CVE-2004-2383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 16 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass cross-frame scripting restrictions and capture keyboard events from other domains via an HTML document with Javascript that is outside a frameset that includes the target domain, then forcing the frameset to maintain focus. NOTE: the discloser claimed that the vendor does not categorize this as a vulnerability, but it can be used in a spoofing scenario; the discloser provides alternate scenarios. Spoofing scenarios are currently included in CVE.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2383?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2383?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2383 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-2383 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2383 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xm8c-6w35-cmxv.