CVE-2008-3472: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 32.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 does not properly determine the domain or security zone of origin of web script, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended cross-domain security policy, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted HTML document, aka "HTML Element Cross-Domain Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.01 only; version 6 only; version 7 only

Published 2008-10-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.