CVE-2007-3164 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.

Published: 2007-06-11

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: 22.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.22366.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070608/cross-domain-basic-auth-phishing-tactics/
http://osvdb.org/36142
http://secunia.com/advisories/25663
http://www.bitsploit.de/archives/428-Cross-Domain-Basic-Auth-Phishing-Tactics.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34867

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-06-11T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:05:29.123Z

Reserved: 2007-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-3164

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-06-11T22:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-3164

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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