CVE
- Id
- 35673
- CVE No.
- CVE-2008-5556
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- ** DISPUTED ** The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not recognize attack patterns designed to operate against web pages that are encoded with utf-7, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting crafted utf-7 content. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes this issue, stating "Behaviour is by design."
- Phase
- Assigned (20081212)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments