CVE-2007-3576

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3576
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-05 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
H Tech Blog | Hack and Evolve Faster with the Common Techniques af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.0x000000.com Exploit
osvdb.org/45813 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ha.ckers.org Exploit
sla.ckers.org web application security forum :: XSS Info :: InternetExplorer "javascript/vbscript" aliases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sla.ckers.org
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Exploit
sla.ckers.org web application security forum :: XSS Info :: InternetExplorer "javascript/vbscript" aliases MITRE sla.ckers.org
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