Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or perform other actions upon a page transition, with the permissions of the old page and the content of the new page, as demonstrated by setInterval functions that set location.href within a try/catch expression, aka the "bait & switch vulnerability" or "Race Condition Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Published Jun 6, 2007
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 27.75%
Description
Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1; 6 and 7 for Windows XP SP2 and SP3; 6 and 7 for Server 2003 SP2; 7 for Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; and 7 for Server 2008 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or perform other actions upon a page transition, with the permissions of the old page and the content of the new page, as demonstrated by setInterval functions that set location.href within a try/catch expression, aka the "bait & switch vulnerability" or "Race Condition Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- sp1
- sp1
- sp1
- sp2
- sp2
- sp2
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- 6
- 7.0
Configuration 2
- n/a
- 6
Configuration 3
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- 7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 27.75% (0.27748) | 98.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 27.75% (0.27748) | 97.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 18.45% (0.18448) | 94.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 21.16% (0.21158) | 95.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 18.45% (0.18448) | 94.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 95.96% (0.95959) | 99.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 96.01% (0.96013) | 99.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 95.65% (0.95651) | 99.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | 95.20% (0.95201) | 99.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 95.17% (0.95175) | 99.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 95.08% (0.95076) | 99.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 94.46% (0.94459) | 99.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2023 | 95.39% (0.95391) | 99.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 95.69% (0.95692) | 99.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2023 | 96.09% (0.96088) | 99.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 95.49% (0.95488) | 98.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.99% (0.95992) | 99.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 46.72% (0.46718) | 98.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ierace/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/38497 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://osvdb.org/54944 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25564 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2781 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018192 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/471361 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470446/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24283 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2064 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1538 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-019 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34696 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6041 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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