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CVE-2007-3576
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme names ending with the "script" character sequence, using…
Medium4.3EPSS 12.9%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.9% · top 3.7% 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: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 45813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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