CVE-2008-2947

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, 6, and 7 allows remote attackers to access restricted information from other domains via JavaScript that uses the Object data type for the value of a (1) location or (2) location.href property, related to incorrect determination of the origin of web script, aka "Window Location Property Cross-Domain Vulnerability." NOTE: according to Microsoft, CVE-2008-2948 and CVE-2008-2949 are duplicates of this issue, probably different attack vectors.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.01-sp4, 6, 7

References

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/30857
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/923508
http://www.ph4nt0m.org-a.googlepages.com/PSTZine_0x02_0x04.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29960
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020382
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1940/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2809
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43366

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