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CVE-2007-3576

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme names ending with the "script" character sequence, using th…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.9%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
0
none known

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme names ending with the "script" character sequence, using the (1) vbscript: handler for scheme names with 7 through 9 characters, and the (2) javascript: handler for scheme names with 10 or more characters, which might allow remote attackers to bypass certain XSS protection schemes. NOTE: other researchers dispute the significance of this issue, stating "this only works when typed in the address bar.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.87% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

  • groups.google.com /group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /45813 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • sla.ckers.org /forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • 0x000000.com /?i=375 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • ha.ckers.org /blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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