CVE-2007-4356

Published: Aug 15, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 embeds FTP credentials in HTML files that are retrieved during an FTP session, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source, as demonstrated by a (1) .htm, (2) .html, or (3) .mht file.

Affected (2)

Products: Microsoft: Internet Explorer

1 product

Internet Explorer

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 6
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 7

References (6)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/08/ftp_files_expose_web_site_cred.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/36400

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/26427

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/08/ftp_files_expose_web_site_cred.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://osvdb.org/36400

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/26427

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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