{"cve":"CVE-2007-3896","nvd":{"published":"2007-10-11T00:17:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:42:59.390","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=577","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119143780202107&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119144449915918&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119159924712561&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119168062128026&w=2"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-3896","score":0.53831,"percentile":0.99,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}