CVE-2008-2949 Other in n/a
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-2008-2949?
CVE-2008-2949 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 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2949?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2949?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-2949 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2949 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-97qf-jfmw-g24f.