NVD

Id
5305  
Name
CVE-2008-5556  
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."  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
4.3  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
4.3  
CVSS Impact Subscore
2.9  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
8.6  
CVSS Vector
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)  
Pub Date
2017-01-03  
Published
2008-12-12  
Modified Date
2008-12-15  
Seq
2008-5556  

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