Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-4074
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."
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2009-4074
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4074
19.68%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 95 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2009-4074
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2009-4074
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/internet_explorer_security_flaw/
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http://www.owasp.org/images/5/50/OWASP-Italy_Day_IV_Maone.pdf
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37135
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-002 - Critical | Microsoft Docs
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7715
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http://hackademix.net/2009/11/21/ies-xss-filter-creates-xss-vulnerabilities/
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