# CVE-2008-2948: Other in n/a

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c5jv-q5g8-55g4

## 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: 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:

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8 Beta 1 - Frame Location Cross Domain Security Bypass (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer

- [CVE-2014-1776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1776/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-27085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27085/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-0222](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0222/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-0210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0210/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-0149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0149/): Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2948 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Microsoft Internet Explorer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2948

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