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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2007-3576 json

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme names ending with the "script" character sequence, using th…

published 2007-07-05 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3560

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.9%
EPSS 12.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction

12.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • groups.google.com http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • 0x000000.com http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • ha.ckers.org http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/ 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:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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