Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-3406
CVE-2007-3406
Description
Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 allow remote attackers to access arbitrary local files via the file: URI in the (1) src attribute of a (a) bgsound, (b) input, (c) EMBED, (d) img, or (e) script tag; (2) data attribute of an object tag; (3) value attribute of a param tag; (4) background attribute of a body tag; or (5) the background:url attribute declared in the BODY parameter of a STYLE tag.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 6
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22621nvdExploit
- www.xdisclose.com/XD100099.txtnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/45435nvd
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