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Vulnerability details: VCID-ud2z-cz2h-6qbr
Vulnerability ID VCID-ud2z-cz2h-6qbr
Aliases CVE-2008-2168
Summary httpd: XSS via UTF-7 encoded urls on the 403 Forbidden error page
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.5
Risk 1.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
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epss 0.50386 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2168
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epss 0.50386 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2168
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epss 0.50386 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2168
epss 0.50386 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2168
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2168.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2168
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2168
446352 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446352
CVE-2008-2168;OSVDB-45420 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/31759.txt
CVE-2008-2168;OSVDB-45420 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112/info
USN-731-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/731-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added May 8, 2008
Description Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 - UTF-7 HTTP Response Handling
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date May 8, 2008
Exploit type remote
Platform windows
Source update date Feb. 19, 2014
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112/info
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9782
EPSS Score 0.50386
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:59:06.972173+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2168.json 38.0.0