CVE-2007-3826

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to prevent users from leaving a site, spoof the address bar, and conduct phishing and other attacks via repeated document.open function calls after a user requests a new page, but before the onBeforeUnload function is called.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7

References

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ietrap3/
http://osvdb.org/38212
http://secunia.com/advisories/26069
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2892
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018788
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473702/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24911
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2540
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-057
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35421

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