CVE-2007-5456 (GCVE-0-2007-5456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:31
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the "File Download - Security Warning" dialog box and download arbitrary .exe files by placing a '?' (question mark) followed by a non-.exe filename after the .exe filename, as demonstrated by (1) .txt, (2) .cda, (3) .log, (4) .dif, (5) .sol, (6) .htt, (7) .itpc, (8) .itms, (9) .dvr-ms, (10) .dib, (11) .asf, (12) .tif, and unspecified other extensions, a different issue than CVE-2004-1331. NOTE: this issue might not cross privilege boundaries, although it does bypass an intended protection mechanism.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482314/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3222 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26062 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482297/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482220/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482248/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2007-10-12 00:00
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