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CVE-2015-0072

N/A

Published: February 7, 2015 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorInternet Explorer

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 72%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an IFRAME element that triggers a redirect, a second IFRAME element that does not trigger a redirect, and an eval of a WindowProxy object, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Internet Explorer · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018

References (12)

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2015/02/05/another-day-another-zero-day-internet-explorer-s-turn-cve-2015-0072.aspx

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.html

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130308/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-Universal-XSS-Proof-Of-Concept.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/0

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/62658

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2879372/dangerous-ie-vulnerability-opens-door-to-powerful-phishing-attacks.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534662/100/0/threaded

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72489

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-79

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