Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-2948.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This JavaScript exploit bypasses the same-origin policy in Microsoft Internet Explorer by manipulating the location of a frame from a different domain, allowing arbitrary code execution in the context of the parent document. It leverages a timing-based attack to override the frame's location object with a malicious toString function.
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.
Exploits (1)
This JavaScript exploit bypasses the same-origin policy in Microsoft Internet Explorer by manipulating the location of a frame from a different domain, allowing arbitrary code execution in the context of the parent document. It leverages a timing-based attack to override the frame's location object with a malicious toString function.