CVE-2007-4478 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the local zone via a URI, when the document at the associated URL is saved to a local file, which then contains the URI string along with the document's original content.

Published: 2007-08-22

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 10.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10733.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/45826
http://securityvulns.com/news/Microsoft/IE/saved-css.html
http://securityvulns.ru/Rdocument865.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/1241/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477253/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498684/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498697/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-08-22T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:53:56.207Z

Reserved: 2007-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4478

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-22T23:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:44:10.517

Link: CVE-2007-4478

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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