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CVE-2009-4074

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to leverage the "response-changing mechanism" to conduct cross-site…

Published 16 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
14.8%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
0
none known

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to leverage the "response-changing mechanism" to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against web sites that have no inherent XSS vulnerabilities, related to the details of output encoding and improper modification of an HTML attribute, aka "XSS Filter Script Handling Vulnerability."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

14.84% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7715 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • theregister.co.uk /2009/11/20/internet_explorer_security_flaw/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • hackademix.net /2009/11/21/ies-xss-filter-creates-xss-vulnerabilities/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • owasp.org /images/5/50/OWASP-Italy_Day_IV_Maone.pdf · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/37135 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred

Sources

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