CVE-2007-3576 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme names ending with th

CVE-2007-3576

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

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

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 07-08-2024 - 15:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	PARTIAL	NONE

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

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

Last major update

07-08-2024 - 15:15

Published

05-07-2007 - 20:30

Last modified

07-08-2024 - 15:15