MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-1499

Windows Vista vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
29.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows XP and Vista allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks and possibly execute arbitrary code via a res: URI to navcancl.htm with an arbitrary URL as an argument, which displays the URL in the location bar of the "Navigation Canceled" page and injects the script into the "Refresh the page" link, aka Navigation Cancel Page Spoofing Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Vista
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2007-03-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 29.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-1499

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Vista is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-1499.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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