CVE-2007-3896 Information

Description

The URL handling in Shell32.dll in the Windows shell in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003 with Internet Explorer 7 installed allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via invalid \ sequences in a mailto: or other URI handler as demonstrated using mIRC Outlook Firefox Adobe Reader Skype and other applications. NOTE: this issue might be related to other issues involving URL handlers in Windows systems such as CVE-2007-3845. There also might be separate but closely related issues in the applications that are invoked by the handlers.

Reference

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