CVE-2007-3406 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.9% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allow remote attackers to access arbitrary local files via the file: URI in the (1) src attribute of a (a) bgsound, (b) input, (c) EMBED, (d) img, or (e) script tag; (2) data attribute of an object tag; (3) value attribute of a param tag; (4) background attribute of a body tag; or (5) the background:url attribute declared in the BODY parameter of a STYLE tag.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 10.89% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-06-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Local File Access | 2007-02-20 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD