FKIE_CVE-2008-2948
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-06-30 22:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 |
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