PT-2008-6613 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2008-12-12 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5552

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0 Beta 2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks via a CRLF sequence in conjunction with a crafted Content-Type header, such as a header with a utf-7 charset value.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0 Beta 2, consider disabling the XSS Filter as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to crafted Content-Type headers to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the utf-7 charset value in the Content-Type header until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5552

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5552 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499124/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47441 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47277 · Note