CVE-2007-3091
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or perform other actions upon a page transition, with the permissions of the old page and the content of the new page, as demonstrated by setInterval functions that set location.href within a try/catch expression, aka the "bait & switch vulnerability" or "Race Condition Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 27.7% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3083)
- Published
- June 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3083 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / internet explorer
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows server 2008
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.html
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ierace/
- http://osvdb.org/38497
- http://osvdb.org/54944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25564(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2781
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018192
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471361(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470446/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24283(Patch)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2064(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34696
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6041
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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