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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-3406 json

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allow remote attackers to access arbitr…

published 2007-06-26 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3392

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.9%
EPSS 10.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allow remote attackers to access arbitrary local files via the file: URI in the (1) src attribute of a (a) bgsound, (b) input, (c) EMBED, (d) img, or (e) script tag; (2) data attribute of an object tag; (3) value attribute of a param tag; (4) background attribute of a body tag; or (5) the background:url attribute declared in the BODY parameter of a STYLE tag.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29619)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29619 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Local File Access remote, 2007-02-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22621 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • xdisclose.com http://www.xdisclose.com/XD100099.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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