CVE-2009-4074 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass Internet Explorer 8's XSS filter to execute scripts on vulnerable websites, requiring user interaction to trigger the attack.
- 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-2009-4074?
CVE-2009-4074 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 25 Nov 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
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to leverage the "response-changing mechanism" to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against web sites that have no inherent XSS vulnerabilities, related to the details of output encoding and improper modification of an HTML attribute, aka "XSS Filter Script Handling Vulnerability."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4074?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4074?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2009-4074 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4074 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h53p-9rvc-mjwc.