CVE-2007-1499

Exp

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows XP and Vista allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks and possibly execute arbitrary code via a res: URI to navcancl.htm with an arbitrary URL as an argument, which displays the URL in the location bar of the "Navigation Canceled" page and injects the script into the "Refresh the page" link, aka Navigation Cancel Page Spoofing Vulnerability."

Published: 2007-03-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1499 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 65.54%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-1499

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29741 exploit_db edb 2007-03-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1499

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-31 66.80% 65.54% -1.25%
2 2026-02-17 66.33% 66.80% +0.46%
3 2025-11-03 66.33%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1499

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1499

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1499

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft ie 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:*:vista:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1499

URL Tags
http://aviv.raffon.net/2007/03/14/PhishingUsingIE7LocalResourceVulnerability.aspx Vendor Advisory
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6167410.html
http://osvdb.org/35352
http://secunia.com/advisories/24535 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25627 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2448
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018235
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462833/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462939/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462945/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471947/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22966
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-163A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0946
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2153
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-033
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33026
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1715
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