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CVE-2007-3576

medium · 4.3

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.

4.3
CVSS
12.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2007-07-05
Published

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftinternet_explorer6

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References

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