| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2007-5456 (CCN-37261) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2007-10-12 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2007-10-12 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2021-07-23 | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) 6.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:H/RL:U/RC:UC)
3.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:H/RL:U/RC:UC)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-94 | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Bypass Security | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Oct 12 2007 - 15:34:02 CDT playing for fun with <=IE7 Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2007-5456 Source: SREASON Type: UNKNOWN 3222 Source: CCN Type: Microsoft Internet Explorer Web site Internet Explorer: Home Page Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20071012 playing for fun with <=IE7 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20071013 RE: playing for fun with <=IE7 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20071015 RE: playing for fun with <=IE7 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20071015 Re: RE: playing for fun with <=IE7 Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 26062 Source: CCN Type: BID-26062 Microsoft Internet Explorer Extension Filter Bypass Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN ie-exe-warning-bypass(37261) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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