CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly determine the domain or security zone of origin of web script, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended cross-domain security policy, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted HTML document, aka "HTML Element Cross-Domain Vulnerability."
The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was presented 10/14/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3472 since 08/04/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2763 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34403 (MS08-058: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (956390)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6475.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45565) and Tenable (34403). See 3744, 44527, 44534 and 44533 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 34403
Nessus Name: MS08-058: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (956390)
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OpenVAS ID: 900054
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (956390)
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
03/22/2001 🔍08/04/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-3472 (🔍)
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X-Force: 45565
SecurityTracker: 1021047
Vulnerability Center: 19714 - [MS08-058] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 HTML Element Cross-Domain Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 31654 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vupen: ADV-2008-2809
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/02/2021 12:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (68), 05/07/2019 12:42 (11), 08/02/2021 12:59 (3)
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