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CVE-2015-0072 Details

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)."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2015/02/05/another-day-another-zero-day-internet-explorer-s-turn-cve-2015-0072.aspx	CVE
http://innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.html	CVE	Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130308/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-Universal-XSS-Proof-Of-Concept.html	CVE	Exploit
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/0	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/62658	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100606	CVE
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/04/internet-explorer-has-a-cross-site-scripting-zero-day-bug/	CVE
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2879372/dangerous-ie-vulnerability-opens-door-to-powerful-phishing-attacks.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534662/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72489	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031888	CVE
http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2015/02/05/another-day-another-zero-day-internet-explorer-s-turn-cve-2015-0072.aspx	[email protected]
http://innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130308/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-Universal-XSS-Proof-Of-Concept.html	[email protected]	Exploit
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Feb/0	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/62658	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100606	[email protected]
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/04/internet-explorer-has-a-cross-site-scripting-zero-day-bug/	[email protected]
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2879372/dangerous-ie-vulnerability-opens-door-to-powerful-phishing-attacks.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534662/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72489	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031888	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft internet explorer	9 10 11 -
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:-:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 17, 2016	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Nov 17, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 18, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 12, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 14, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 9, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 9, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]