CVE-2008-5556
Published Dec 12, 2008
Last updated 3 months ago
Overview
- Description
- The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not recognize attack patterns designed to operate against web pages that are encoded with utf-7, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting crafted utf-7 content. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes this issue, stating "Behaviour is by design.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
- CNA Tags
- disputed
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-79
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "C4AC575C-3505-460F-8BB5-3ADA1F149E8D"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]