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CVE-2007-5456

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the "File Download - Security Warning" dialog box and download arbitrary .exe files by placing a '?' (question mark) followed by a non-.exe filename after the .exe filename, as demonstrated by (1) .txt, (2) .cda, (3) .log, (4) .dif, (5) .sol, (6) .htt, (7) .itpc, (8) .itms, (9) .dvr-ms, (10) .dib, (11) .asf, (12) .tif, and unspecified other extensions, a different issue than CVE-2004-1331. NOTE: this issue might not cross privilege boundaries, although it does bypass an intended protection mechanism.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: through 7

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3222
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482220/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482248/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482297/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482314/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26062
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3222
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482220/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482248/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482297/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482314/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26062

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