01 Record

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 "%"

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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 "%"

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 53.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2007-10-11 00:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 14:37Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2007-07-19

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

993370c3ed0dd404a5b636cb6e77c8a82111908d67fb6bc8d4c2f778c001e745

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftinternet_explorerNot specified—

microsoftwindows_2003_serverNot specified—

microsoftwindows_xpNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com20071017 Re: Third-party patch for CVE-2007-3896, UPDATE NOWhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482437/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.info20071005 URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119159477404263&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
www.securityfocus.com20071009 RE: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481871/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.heise-security.co.ukhttp://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/96982x_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com20071006 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481680/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com20071006 Re[2]: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481664/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.info20071005 URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119159924712561&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
blogs.zdnet.comhttp://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=577x_refsource_MISC
www.securityfocus.com20071008 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481867/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.comHPSBST02291http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484186/100/0/threadedvendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
secunia.com26201http://secunia.com/advisories/26201third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
marc.info20071006 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119168062128026&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.info20071006 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119171444628628&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:4581https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4581vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
xs-sniper.comhttp://xs-sniper.com/blog/remote-command-exec-firefox-2005/x_refsource_MISC
marc.info20071007 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119175323322021&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
www.securityfocus.com20071007 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481846/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
securitytracker.com1018831http://securitytracker.com/id?1018831vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
marc.info20071009 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119194714125580&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.info20071006 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119168727402084&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
www.securityfocus.com20071007 Re: Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481881/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com20071006 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481671/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com20071007 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481839/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.us-cert.govTA07-317Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-317A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
marc.info20071007 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119180333805950&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
www.microsoft.com943521http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/943521.mspxvendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
www.securityfocus.com20071004 Re[2]: 0day: mIRC pwns Windowshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481493/100/100/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com20071005 RE: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481624/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
docs.microsoft.comMS07-061https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-061vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
www.securityfocus.com25945http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25945vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securityfocus.com20071008 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481887/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com20071014 Third-party patch for CVE-2007-3896 (Internet Explorer 7 invalid URI handling) availablehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482292/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.kb.cert.orgVU#403150http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403150third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
www.securityfocus.com20071011 M$ will fix URI?http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482090/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.info20071003 0day: mIRC pwns Windowshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119143780202107&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com20071004 Re: 0day: mIRC pwns Windowshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481505/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.info20071007 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119195904813505&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
marc.info20071006 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skypehttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119170531020020&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
marc.info20071003 Re: 0day: mIRC pwns Windowshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119144449915918&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securitytracker.com1018822http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018822vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

01 Record index

CVE-2007-3896

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2007-3896

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References