CVE-2007-3576
** DISPUTED ** Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-3576- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-3576- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-3560 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2007-3560- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ccwf-cghf-g937 No score
** DISPUTED ** Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 executes web script from URIs of arbitrary scheme...
** 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."
- Record
GHSA-ccwf-cghf-g937- 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-2007-3576 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published July 5, 2007. Its validity is disputed. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.9%, the 96th percentile.
References
groups.google.com/group/php-ids/browse_thread/thread/3ec15f69d6b3dba0
osvdb.org/45813
sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2%2C13209%2C13218
0x000000.com?i=375
ha.ckers.org/blog/20070702/ie60-protocol-guessing
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3576
sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?2,13209,13218
github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccwf-cghf-g937