CVE-2007-3576

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.
Configurations

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

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:00

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Summary ** 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." 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
  • {'url': 'http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2,13209,13218', 'name': 'http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2,13209,13218', 'tags': ['Exploit'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218 -

23 Jul 2021, 12:16

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

Information

Published : 2007-07-05 20:30

Updated : 2024-04-11 00:42


NVD link : CVE-2007-3576

Mitre link : CVE-2007-3576

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-3576


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Products Affected

microsoft

  • internet_explorer