CVE-2007-4478

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Published Aug 22, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 10.7% KEV · Not listed

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.

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

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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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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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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.

Exploit prediction score: 10.7% (10.733% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 22, 2007, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:53 PM
Reserved: Aug 22, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 22, 2007, 11:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM

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