CVE-2007-3576 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2007-07-05

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 27.6% 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:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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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 None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.27555.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/
http://osvdb.org/45813
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-07-05T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:21:36.414Z

Reserved: 2007-07-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-3576

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-07-05T20:30:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-3576

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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