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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8 Beta 1 - Frame Location Cross Domain Security Bypass EDB-31996 · remote · Jun 27, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2008/05/ghosts-for-ie8-and-ie75730.html
- 30851 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1941 vdb-entry
- VU#516627 third-party-advisory
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc405107.aspx#EHD
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ghost-busters/
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348