CVE-2008-5556

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…

published December 12, 2008

CVSS

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EPSS

11%

Percentile

96.0

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

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.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS: Not scored
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.11219 · 96.0th percentile
Published: 2008-12-12T18:13Z

EPSS history

Timeline

12 DEC 18:13Z
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…
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