CVE-2007-3576

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Script Execution via URI Scheme Name Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/45813
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375

Scores

EPSS 0.1287
EPSS Percentile 95.9%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6
Published Jul 05, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026