CVE-2008-2948
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 25.4% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2939)
- Published
- June 30, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2939 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30851(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/ghosts-for-ie8-and-ie75730.html
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx#EHD
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ghost-busters/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/references
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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