CVE-2007-5158

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
20.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: October 1, 2007 (6800 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.0x000000.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com