CVE-2007-2291

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Published Apr 26, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 20.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the Digest Authentication support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11 allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a LF (%0a) in the username attribute.

Affected Products

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:7.0.5730.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 20.1% (20.127% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2654
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466906/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23668
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017969
http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?id=11
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33978

History

Jul 11, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.34086}`	epss `{'score': 0.38315}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 26, 2007, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:33 PM
Reserved: Apr 26, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 26, 2007, 8:19 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

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