CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5456
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-10-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the "File Download - Security Warning" dialog box and download arbitrary .exe files by placing a '?' (question mark) followed by a non-.exe filename after the .exe filename, as demonstrated by (1) .txt, (2) .cda, (3) .log, (4) .dif, (5) .sol, (6) .htt, (7) .itpc, (8) .itms, (9) .dvr-ms, (10) .dib, (11) .asf, (12) .tif, and unspecified other extensions, a different issue than CVE-2004-1331. NOTE: this issue might not cross privilege boundaries, although it does bypass an intended protection mechanism.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer (<= 7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3222 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482220/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482248/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482297/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482314/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26062 www.securityfocus.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3222 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482220/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482248/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482297/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482314/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26062 www.securityfocus.com