CVE-2007-3406

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Local File Access

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allow remote attackers to access arbitrary local files via the file: URI in the (1) src attribute of a (a) bgsound, (b) input, (c) EMBED, (d) img, or (e) script tag; (2) data attribute of an object tag; (3) value attribute of a param tag; (4) background attribute of a body tag; or (5) the background:url attribute declared in the BODY parameter of a STYLE tag.

Múltiples vulnerabilidades de salto de directorio absoluto en Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 de Windows XP SP2 permite a atacantes remotos acceder a ficheros locales de su elección mediante el URI file: en (1) el atributo src a una etiqueta (a) bgsound, (b) input, (c) EMBED, (d) img, o (e) script. (2) el atributo data de una etiqueta object; (3) el atributo value de una etiqueta param; (4) el parámetro attribute de una etiqueta body; o el atributo background:url declarado en el parámetro BODY de una etiqueta STYLE.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-02-20 First Exploit
2007-06-26 CVE Reserved
2007-06-26 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/45435	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29619	2007-02-20
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22621	2024-08-07
http://www.xdisclose.com/XD100099.txt	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"	6 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "6"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"	*	sp2	Safe