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  "id": "CVE-2008-5556",
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "published": "2008-12-12T18:30:03.377",
  "lastModified": "2018-10-11T20:56:04.677",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "** DISPUTED **  The XSS Filter in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 does not recognize attack patterns designed to operate against web pages that are encoded with utf-7, which allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS protection mechanism and conduct XSS attacks by injecting crafted utf-7 content.  NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes this issue, stating \"Behaviour is by design.\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "** CUESTIONADA ** El filtro XSS (ejecuci\u00f3n de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados) en Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2 no reconoce patrones de patrones de ataque dise\u00f1ados para operar contra p\u00e1ginas web que est\u00e1n codificadas en utf-7, lo que permite a atacantes remotos saltar el mecanismo de protecci\u00f3n XSS y generar ataques XSS mediante la inyecci\u00f3n de contenido utf-7 manipulado. NOTA: El vendedor ha impugnado esta vulnerabilidad, argumentando que \"El comportamiento es una caracter\u00edstica del dise\u00f1o\"."
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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