CVE - CVE-2007-3576

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-3576	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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."
References
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MISC:http://groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0 MISC:http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing/ MISC:http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2,13209,13218 MISC:http://www.0x000000.com/?i=375 OSVDB:45813 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/45813~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070705	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070705)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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