CVE-2009-3003 Other in n/a
Remote attackers can spoof the address bar in Internet Explorer via window.open, tricking users into visiting malicious sites disguised as trusted ones.
- 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-2009-3003?
CVE-2009-3003 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 28 Aug 2009. 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 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3003?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3003?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3003 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2009-3003 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3003 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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-69jj-5437-wm23.