CVE-2007-3091
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold,…
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or perform other actions upon a page transition, with the permissions of the old page and the content of the new page, as demonstrated by setInterval functions that set location.href within a try/catch expression, aka the "bait & switch vulnerability" or "Race Condition Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.7% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- ADV-2009-1538 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MS09-019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 24283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#471361 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1018192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20070604 Assorted browser vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ierace/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070604 Assorted browser vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 54944 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 38497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6041 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA09-160A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 2781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ie-pageupdate-security-bypass(34696) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .