CVE-2007-5456
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the "File Download - Security Warning" dialog box and download arbitrary .exe files by placing a '?' (question mark) followed by a non-.exe filename after the .exe filename, as demonstrated by (1) .txt, (2) .cda, (3) .log, (4) .dif, (5) .sol, (6) .htt, (7) .itpc, (8) .itms, (9) .dvr-ms, (10) .dib, (11) .asf, (12) .tif, and unspecified other extensions, a different issue than CVE-2004-1331. NOTE: this issue might not cross privilege boundaries, although it does bypass an intended protection mechanism.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 19.9% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5432)
- Published
- October 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5432 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / internet explorer
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3222
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482220/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482248/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482297/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482314/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26062
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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