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CVE-2008-2948

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2948 describes a cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8, allowing remote attackers to manipulate frame locations and observe domain-independent events. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-31996) exists, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
25.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31996 · Jun 27, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2544 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.zdnet.com / security
secunia.com / advisories/30851
Vendor Advisory
sirdarckcat.blogspot.com / 2008/05/ghosts-for-ie8-and-ie75730.html
technet.microsoft.com / en-us/security/cc405107.aspx
gnucitizen.org / blog/ghost-busters
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/516627
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1941/references