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Unscored CVE-2008-5556 EUVD-2008-5531GHSA-4g9v-p2mj-pg7w

The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not recognize attack patterns designed to operate against web pages that are …

Published Dec 12, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

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