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HistoryOct 11, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2007-3896

2007-10-1100:00:00
microsoft
www.cve.org
1

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.958 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.5%

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 β€œ%” 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.

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