CVE-2008-2948 Other in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass cross-domain restrictions in Internet Explorer to observe events from other domains, requiring user interaction.

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-2008-2948?

CVE-2008-2948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 30 Jun 2008. 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

Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to change the location property of a frame via the Object 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2948?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-2948 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2948 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c5jv-q5g8-55g4.

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