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CVE-2008-2949 (GCVE-0-2008-2949)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-30 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21
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Summary
Cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to change the location property of a frame via the String 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2008-05-11 00:00
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