CVE-2009-3003
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.106 · 96 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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references (8)
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- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2009/08/multiple-browsers-fake-url-folder-file.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36334enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53005enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12817enisa_euvd
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2009/08/multiple-browsers-fake-url-folder-file.htmlnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36334Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53005nvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12817nvd
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