CVE-2007-3164
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site,...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
- Record
CVE-2007-3164- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
- Record
CVE-2007-3164- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-3156 No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
- Record
EUVD-2007-3156- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-976c-hwhm-53hx No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site,...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
- Record
GHSA-976c-hwhm-53hx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, references, title | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-3164 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published June 11, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.85%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secunia.com/advisories/25663
osvdb.org/36142
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34867
securityfocus.com/bid/24483
ha.ckers.org/blog/20070608/cross-domain-basic-auth-phishing-tactics
bitsploit.de/archives/428-Cross-Domain-Basic-Auth-Phishing-Tactics.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3164
github.com/advisories/GHSA-976c-hwhm-53hx