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CVE-2008-3472

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3472 describes a critical cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7, affecting various Windows operating systems including Windows XP, Vista, and Server versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass security policies by crafting malicious HTML, leading to arbitrary code execution or sensitive information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with medium attack complexity, posing a high risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
32.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3258 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-058
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45558
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45565
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12364
securityfocus.com / bid/31615
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/31654
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2809