CVE-2007-3550
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0 allows remote attackers to fill Zones with arbitrary domains using certain metacharacters such as wildcards via JavaScript, which results in a denial of service (website suppression and resource consumption), aka…
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Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0 allows remote attackers to fill Zones with arbitrary domains using certain metacharacters such as wildcards via JavaScript, which results in a denial of service (website suppression and resource consumption), aka "Internet Explorer Zone Domain Specification Dos and Page Suppressing". NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the zone settings cannot be manipulated
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 27.51% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/ie · microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064326.html
- http://osvdb.org/45814
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2855
- http://www.secniche.org/advisory/Internet_Dos_Adv.pdfPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472651/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473662
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485536/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24744Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35455
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064326.html
- http://osvdb.org/45814
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2855
- http://www.secniche.org/advisory/Internet_Dos_Adv.pdfPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472651/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473662
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485536/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24744Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35455
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.