CVE-2007-3576
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
05/07/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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
- 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