CVE-2008-4029

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 26.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 and 4.0, as used in Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from another domain via a crafted XML document, related to improper error checks for external DTDs, aka "MSXML DTD Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021164
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32155
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3111
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-069
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5999
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122703006921213&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021164
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32155
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3111

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