CVE-2009-3003
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.
- Record
CVE-2009-3003- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.
- Record
CVE-2009-3003- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2988 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.
- Record
EUVD-2009-2988- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-69jj-5437-wm23 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, via window.open with a relative URI, to show an arbitrary URL on the web site visited by the victim, as demonstrated by a visit to an attacker-controlled web page, which triggers a spoofed login form for the site containing that page.
- Record
GHSA-69jj-5437-wm23- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-3003 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published August 28, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.6%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53005
secunia.com/advisories/36334
lostmon.blogspot.com/2009/08/multiple-browsers-fake-url-folder-file.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12817
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3003
github.com/advisories/GHSA-69jj-5437-wm23