CVE-2007-3164 Other in n/a
Remote attackers can perform phishing attacks by exploiting IDN label mismatches in Internet Explorer authentication dialogs, requiring user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-3164?
CVE-2007-3164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 11 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-3164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-976c-hwhm-53hx.