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…
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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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8 Beta 1 - Frame Location Cross Domain Security Bypass (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31996remote, windowspublished 27 Jun 2008Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.4% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/ghosts-for-ie8-and-ie75730.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30851 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1941 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#516627 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx#EHD (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ghost-busters/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2939 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-2948)Record last updated .