01 Record
CVE-2009-4074
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to leverage the "response-changing mechanism" to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against web sites that have no
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to leverage the "response-changing mechanism" to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against web sites that have no
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-11-25 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 52914162a4c311e085483d83501e7ccc635fa7685bc95b12d0804e18230903dd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7715https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7715
- www.theregister.co.ukhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/internet_explorer_security_flaw/
- hackademix.nethttp://hackademix.net/2009/11/21/ies-xss-filter-creates-xss-vulnerabilities/
- www.owasp.orghttp://www.owasp.org/images/5/50/OWASP-Italy_Day_IV_Maone.pdf
- www.securityfocus.com37135http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37135
- docs.microsoft.comMS10-002https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002