FKIE_CVE-2007-3576

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-07-05 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:42
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/45813
cve@mitre.orghttp://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.0x000000.com/?i=375Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/45813
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 6
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      "value": "** IMPUGNADA ** Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 ejecuta secuencias de comandos (scripts) web desde URIs de nombres de esquema arbitrarios terminados con la secuencia de caracteres \"script\", usando (1)el manejador vbscript: para nombres de esquema desde 7 hasta 9 caracteres, y (2) el manejador javascript: para nombres de esquema con 10 o m\u00e1s caracteres, lo cual podr\u00eda permitir a atacantes remotos evitar determinados esquemas de protecci\u00f3n XSS. NOTA: otros investigadores no le conceden importancia a este problema, afirmando que \"esto s\u00f3lo funciona cuando se escribe en la barra de direcciones\"."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:42:18.910",
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