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Microsoft CVE-2017-8733: Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2017-8733: Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/12/2017
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

A spoofing vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly handles specific HTML content. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could trick a user into believing that the user was visiting a legitimate website. The specially crafted website could either spoof content or serve as a pivot to chain an attack with other vulnerabilities in web services. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must either browse to a malicious website or be redirected to it. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could send an email message in an attempt to convince the user to click a link to the malicious website. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website designed to appear as a legitimate website to the user. However, the attacker would have no way to force the user to visit the specially crafted website. The attacker would have to convince the user to visit the specially crafted website, typically by way of enticement in an email or instant message. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Internet Explorer handles specific HTML content.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4036586-100d820a-34d2-4f62-ad61-872e2cbd7c4f
  • msft-kb4036586-1ee57033-1eba-47b8-b547-e9dfdc6a2127
  • msft-kb4036586-2bc93031-8f87-4d78-9446-65c0ea8a882b
  • msft-kb4036586-37862454-020d-4287-83fb-7b61731cde8c
  • msft-kb4036586-3bd3cfc2-d9b7-4999-8748-918cb2cedc65
  • msft-kb4036586-41e01fa9-a8e9-4ef5-b338-474523360c20
  • msft-kb4036586-60c44d4c-3843-404c-8e6d-fe65a1fa430d
  • msft-kb4036586-81774433-674c-4eef-9622-9a06d7fd18b2
  • msft-kb4036586-8213f752-b625-42dc-90a7-ca9c59056875
  • msft-kb4036586-900ceb5b-e8eb-44b5-ac8e-dd449724c7d0
  • msft-kb4036586-d16e1f54-0d9a-4d3e-b522-0dc18c7373de
  • msft-kb4036586-dcf4e654-a636-4d3d-808c-8bc58e047e3d
  • msft-kb4036586-e5cf852b-0b30-4330-adea-d30604db1ec7
  • msft-kb4036586-ee50f271-ac3a-4b80-b6d5-e08c024976ec
  • msft-kb4038781-543bcc38-5dd5-4468-ba64-42b448b2f723
  • msft-kb4038781-723a8a89-df76-45ca-8a16-9801e28fd75b
  • msft-kb4038782-397ff69f-657f-4029-9329-b2c00bd6a6a8
  • msft-kb4038782-e895239d-88ad-4ac3-b68f-8abb6b489d19
  • msft-kb4038782-e8a8e193-de5d-413d-990a-76d355b5fb5e
  • msft-kb4038783-7e41eb51-d66a-484f-a0d0-391ac07541b4
  • msft-kb4038783-cd8e051c-b8c6-40df-871b-909087f49cd6
  • msft-kb4038788-c74d6456-695e-4f07-a9b9-35e07259012b
  • msft-kb4038788-da917577-591c-4e7d-8ff0-4ef45f3c203f

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