CVE-2007-3550

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0 allows remote attackers to fill Zones with arbitrary domains using certain metacharacters such as wildcards via JavaScript, which results in a denial of service (website suppression and resource consumption), aka "Internet Explorer Zone Domain Specification Dos and Page Suppressing". NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the zone settings cannot be manipulated

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 27.36% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://osvdb.org/45814 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35455 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485536/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24744 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2855 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472651/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473662 mailing list
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064326.html mailing list
http://www.secniche.org/advisory/Internet_Dos_Adv.pdf patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3550?
CVE-2007-3550 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3550?
To fix CVE-2007-3550, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-3550 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-3550 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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