Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, and possibly other versions, detects http content in https web pages only when the top-level frame uses https, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script, in an https site's context, by modifying an http page to include an https iframe that references a script file on an http site, related to "HTTP-Intended-but-HTTPS-Loadable (HPIHSL) pages."
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51186
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35403
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/79323/pbp-final-with-update.pdf
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=79323
Scores
EPSS
0.0427
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (15)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.01 sp4
microsoft/internet_explorer
6 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
7
microsoft/internet_explorer
7.0.5730
microsoft/internet_explorer
8 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
8.0b
microsoft/internet_explorer
< 8
microsoft/pocket_ie
1.0
microsoft/pocket_ie
1.1
... and 5 more
Published
Jun 15, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026