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."
References (16)
Core 16
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34696
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25564
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24283
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471361
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018192
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ierace/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470446/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/54944
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/38497
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2064
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6041
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2781
Scores
EPSS
0.2775
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (8)
microsoft/internet_explorer
6 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
7.0
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_2003_server
sp1 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_2003_server
sp2 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
(5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp
(3 CPE variants)
Published
Jun 06, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026