CVE-2007-4960

high

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the Linden Lab Second Life secondlife:// protocol handler, as used in Internet Explorer and possibly Firefox, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a '" ' (double-quote space) sequence followed by the -autologin and -loginuri arguments, which cause the handler to post login credentials and software installation details to an arbitrary URL.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36651

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3188

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479698/100/0/threaded

http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/ie-pwns-secondlife

http://secunia.com/advisories/26845

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-09-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00357