CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-3896

9.3 HIGH Published 2007-10-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-10-11
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The URL handling in Shell32.dll in the Windows shell in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003, with Internet Explorer 7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via invalid "%" sequences in a mailto: or other URI handler, as demonstrated using mIRC, Outlook, Firefox, Adobe Reader, Skype, and other applications. NOTE: this issue might be related to other issues involving URL handlers in Windows systems, such as CVE-2007-3845. There also might be separate but closely related issues in the applications that are invoked by the handlers.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References