CVE-2007-3550 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Internet Explorer by manipulating zone settings via JavaScript, though this issue is disputed.
- 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-2007-3550?
CVE-2007-3550 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 3 Jul 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 6.0 and 7.0 allows remote attackers to fill Zones with arbitrary domains using certain metacharacters such as wildcards via JavaScript, which results in a denial of service (website suppression and resource consumption), aka "Internet Explorer Zone Domain Specification Dos and Page Suppressing". NOTE: this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the zone settings cannot be manipulated
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3550?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Ie, Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3550?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-3550 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3550 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9r84-2jv4-qcmh.