CVE-2007-3576
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Script Execution via URI Scheme Name Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
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
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/45813
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/
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