CVE-2015-0072
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)."
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.71698 (71.7% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.4%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- 62658 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- MS15-018 (docs.microsoft.com)vendor-advisory
- 1031888 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2015/02/0…
- nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/04/internet-explorer-has-a…
- pcworld.com/article/2879372/dangerous-ie-vulnerability-open…
- innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.html
- 20150209 Cookie hijacking: Internet Explorer UXSS (CVE-2015-0072) (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/130308/Microsoft-Internet-Exp…
- 20150131 Major Internet Explorer Vulnerability - NOT Patched (seclists.org)mailing-list
- ms-ie-cve20150072-xss(100606) (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com)vdb-entry
- 72489 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
Timeline
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- Record published
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