PT-2007-4808 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2007-07-03 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2007-3550

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6.0 through 7.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to fill Zones with arbitrary domains using certain metacharacters, such as wildcards, via JavaScript. This results in a denial of service, including website suppression and resource consumption. However, it is noted that a third party has disputed this issue, stating that the zone settings cannot be manipulated.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6.0 through 7.0, consider restricting the use of JavaScript to minimize the risk of exploitation, as a temporary workaround, until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3550

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3550 · Security Note
• http://secniche.org/advisory/Internet_Dos_Adv.pdf · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/24744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35455 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/473662 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/45814 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2855 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89680 · Telegram Post
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064326.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/472651/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/485536/100/0/threaded · Note