Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-3576

Assigned:2007-07-05
Published:2007-07-05
Updated:2021-07-23
Summary:** DISPUTED ** 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."
CVSS v3 Severity:3.7 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-3576

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
45813

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2,13209,13218

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit
http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    microsoft internet explorer 6