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CVE-2007-1114

The child frames in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 inherit the default charset from the parent window when a charset is not specified in an HTTP Content-Type header or META tag, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

Published

2007-02-26T23:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	ie	7.0	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/24314 ([email protected])
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/32119 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22701 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0744 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24314 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/32119 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22701 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0744 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)