CVE-2007-3896

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 products

Internet Explorer 7, Server 2003, Shell32.Dll, Windows, Windows Xp

Microsoft Internet Explorer

= 7.0

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

9.3 HIGH

EPSS

53.8% (99th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-20

NVD status

Modified

Published

2007-10-11