CVE-2007-3576

** DISPUTED ** 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."

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0	Exploit
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/	Exploit
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2,13209,13218	Exploit
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375	Exploit
http://osvdb.org/45813

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-07-05 13:30

Updated : 2021-07-23 05:16

NVD link : CVE-2007-3576

Mitre link : CVE-2007-3576

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

microsoft

internet_explorer

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