Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 6, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-3091
CVE-2007-3091
Description
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."
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Affected products
24cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6, 7
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x32:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:-:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:-:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:professional_x64:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
16- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24283nvdPatch
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25564nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2064nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471361nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.htmlnvd
- lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ierace/nvd
- osvdb.org/38497nvd
- osvdb.org/54944nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2781nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470446/100/0/threadednvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34696nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6041nvd
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