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CVE-2007-4478 (GCVE-0-2007-4478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-22 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:53
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the local zone via a URI, when the document at the associated URL is saved to a local file, which then contains the URI string along with the document's original content.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2007-08-21 00:00
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