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CVE-2007-5158

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The focus handling for the onkeydown event in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allows remote attackers to change field focus and copy keystrokes via a certain use of a JavaScript htmlFor attribute, as demonstrated by changing focus from a textarea to a file upload field, a related issue to CVE-2007-3511.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6.0

References

• http://osvdb.org/41382
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27007
• http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=437
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25836
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36848
• http://osvdb.org/41382
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27007
• http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=437
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25836
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36848

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