Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2948
CVE-2008-2948
Description
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 7 and 8
Patches
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References
7- secunia.com/advisories/30851nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/516627nvdUS Government Resource
- blogs.zdnet.com/security/nvd
- sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/ghosts-for-ie8-and-ie75730.htmlnvd
- technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspxnvd
- www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ghost-busters/nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1941/referencesnvd
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